The sliver woman studied Calen for a mont.
"You’re still confused about so things." She stated. "I’m not as heavily influenced by the curse as my fellow Guardians, perhaps I will be able to answer a few of your questions."
"Could you tell your real na first?"
"I’m afraid that part isn’t even covered by the curse – we don’t share our nas in this space for a different reason. There are... other things in here, ones that could be very dangerous if they knew your na."
"You an like, fey? I thought they were an actual myth."
"Not exactly, but human tales of fey are partially based on those creatures – but let us not discuss them here. I will tell you about them once we et in person, although that might be long way off."
"Am I correct you all look like this because for the sa reason?"
"No, this is simply the nature of this realm. True appearance is very to discern in here."
Calen looked at his hands in confusion.
"But I look normal...?"
"To yourself, yes – if soone else were to look at you they would see only a vague silhouette."
Soone else – she purposely didn’t use herself as an example, which led Calen to believe the Queen could see him normally.
It wasn’t that surprising when he rembered that all of the Guardians used to be gods – apparently even ex divinity allowed for quite extraordinary feats.
Speaking of which:
"You’re the Guardian of the Moon, right?"
"Oh?" She smiled. "And how did you co to that conclusion?"
"Well, we have only Moon, Stars and Ti left as your possible domains – considering that you’re silver in this world, Tha-, I an Shadow, called Isa moon’s reflection and the moon domain responded with a blessing when we took the moon rose, I don’t see any other options."
"You’re correct – but Shadow should be careful with the things he says, just because sothing isn’t directly affected by the curse it doesn’t an the information isn’t dangerous."
"...should I tell him that?"
"No need, both Sy and I already scolded him for it." The Queen fell quiet for a mont. "He is the oldest of those who remain, did you know?"
"No, Syl-, Matriarch didn’t have a ti to tell us much about gods."
"How about I tell you about them then?"
"Really? Just like that?"
"Why not? This information might be lost, but it’s not forbidden or cursed." She shrugged. "To start off, I need you to understand that not all gods are the sa – not in power or origin."
"I knew about the first part, the second not so much."
"The Gods can be separated into two categories when it cos to their origin – ascended and manifested. The first ones, as the na suggests, are non-divine beings who climbed up the ladder of power and claid the seat on their own. The Green Lady and The Star Goddess were like that, both started at the very bottom and made their way to the divine throne."
"And the manifested?"
"Those are the gods who were born already in power – personifications of their domains created either from the collective beliefs of lesser beings, or simply because the universe needed them for sothing, at least that’s how the Shadow and the Ti God were born respectively."
"That’s only four out of six gods." Calen pointed out. "What about you and the Sun God?"
"We were a bit of a special case – neither of those two categories, or both depending on who you ask. Born as Primordial Sovereigns, already firmly connected to a domain, but sohow still not gods. A case like that has not happened before or since."
"Why did you decide to ascend to divinity then? From everything I’ve heard so far it sounds like a terrible idea."
"I’m afraid this particular question is covered by the curse even for – but you’re right, being a god is... not as good as you’d think."
"Okay – what happened to the other two gods then? The Star Goddess and the Ti God, I an."
"The first one left, the other disappeared – although to be fair the Ti God can travel through ti, it’s entirely possible he just moved around the centuries of suffering and will suddenly pop out once all of this is over..."
Calen heard clear annoyance in the Guardian’s voice.
"Did he do sothing like that before?"
"Many tis – he always disappeared right before a large conflict was about to start, and returned only after all the clean-up was done."
"But you’re not sure if that’s what happened this ti...?"
"Yes, he never disappeared for more than a few months at a ti but the last ti I saw him was before the Sun Kingdom was established."
"What else could’ve happened to him though? It’s not like a God can be killed easily... can they even be killed?"
"Yes, but it can only happen to a god whose tribe was usurped – which ans we would have at least another Ti God if that’s what happened. The most likely scenario is that the universe decided he wasn’t needed anymore and simply erased him."
Calen looked at her with a horrified expression.
"Sothing like that can happen to a god?"
"A manifested one, and only if they desperately cling to their position – it happened with a few domains during the age of wanders. It’s part of the reason why Shadow relinquished his throne the very day he was born."
"And the rest of the reason?"
"You’ll have to ask him yourself." She smiled. "It’s been a pleasure to talk with you, but I’m afraid our ti is up – I was able to stop him from directly contacting you, but I can’t do anything about the mories and you’re about to experience another one. Do you have a last question?"
"When will we be able to et you?"
"Once you restore six temples, seek out the pale lake monastery – you’ll find there."
The last thing Calen saw before the darkness swallowed him was a gentle smile that vaguely reminded him of Isara.
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