inna arc / The Story of the Inna / the LORE

  1. in the beginning, there was nothing, and then there was The Expanse.
    1. the expanse was vast, and empty, save for Dust
    2. from dust came Hafei, the first of the Inna
  2. to give meaning to the empty void, hafei created the World Garden
    1. World Seeds are planted in the garden.
      1. worlds/planets are grown from the seeds
      2. at the natural end of the world, a newborn inna blossoms from the seed
  3. together with the first few inna born in the garden, hafei forms the Seedkeeper Council to govern over the inna.
    1. the council puts into place a set of tenets that all inna must follow - Inna Tenets
    2. inna who don’t follow these tenets get punished, usually by having their dust confiscated by the Garden Wardens .
      1. unbeknownst to them, this dust is actually being given to hafei to extend his life.
    3. powerful inna that are close to hafei tend to hold the same beliefs as him, but many inna do not agree with his practices.
      1. some inna do not believe all life on a planet should end with the bloom of an inna, and believe the inna and the people of its seed can exist at the same time
      2. many believe that hafei should not be taking dust from other inna to extend his own life
    4. hafei has been around long enough that he is much stronger than any inna that tries to dissent, but he cannot be everywhere at once. so, he enlists many inna to become the the fieldtenders - spread out across the expanse to uphold each of the tenets for hafei.
      1. Anwi and Wefa are World Curators, meaning they travel the expanse checking on worlds being grown to ensure they’re growing well and not being neglected.
      2. Emeut is a [name pending], who travels the expanse to find any stray life that may have left a planet before the bloom of an inna, and ensure that inna are not intentionally disrupting the balance.
        1. emeut is a relatively powerful inna, that has been around for a while (not as long as hafei but longer than many inna)
        2. he has been harboring very extremist ideals, that inna should not be so concerned with the care of their seeds, and should be making as many inna as possible -regardless of how neglected they are - to fill the expanse.
        3. while under the guise of working for the council, he has been using his dust to essentially “fund” other inna’s worlds for his own means.
  4. Anwi and Wefa check up on Emeut as part of their job and find that he has been neglecting many world seeds and creating essentially an army of inna to try to overthrow hafei.
    1. emeut had convinced many other inna to help him create many world seeds that they ultimately would not put any care into, so they would bloom as soon as possible and become inna to work and fight for emeut when the time came for his coup.
    2. emeut is punished severely by the Garden Wardens, and has most of his dust taken away.
    3. other world curators are sent out to investigate and ensure whoever was working with emeut gets punished as well.
    4. this only fuels emeut’s anger towards the council and hafei, but also towards anwi and wefa.
  5. Anwi and Wefa plant their own world seed together.
    1. anwi and wefa’s world seed sprouts into the planet Asilles.
      1. 4 moons sprouted around the planet as well - Kuraesmeris / crescentmoon, Hiitomeris / bluemoon, Buromeris / bloodmoon, and Folmeris / fullmoon.
    2. as the planet grows, the pair decide to gift it sentient life as well. they each use their power of Creation to create beings to live on the planet, each with Souls that work in different ways.
      1. anwi creates the Selhae
        1. selhae souls work inwards, towards the core of the self
          1. resonates with Soul dust.
        2. received two gifts from anwi
          1. Construction, which allows the selhae to create constructs by using a piece of their soul
          2. ‣, which provide the selhae with unique powers and abilities determined by the resonance of their soul
      2. wefa creates the Fae
        1. fae souls work outwards, towards the elements.
          1. resonates with Essence dust.
        2. received two gifts from wefa
          1. Shapeshifting, which allows the fae to take on many forms
          2. Elemental Magic, which provides fae with the ability to manipulate elements that resonate with their soul
    3. as time passes, they get very attached to their creations and don’t want them to have to all die when the planet wanes and their new inna baby blooms, so they figure out a plan to save the life on the planet before it dies.
      1. they construct two guardians to watch over the planet and assist when the time came
        1. Merisdae - will choose a selhae to guide the people to the moons
        2. Yudora - will choose a fae to establish life on the moons

asilles arc / the BACKSTORY

  1. asilles begins to wane naturally, signaling the end of the planet’s lifespan. this happens slowly.
  2. Emeut finds out about anwi and wefa’s plan to save the people of asilles and decides to sabotage them because that is Wrong and disrupts the balance of the universe (and also because he wants revenge)
    1. emeut’s original plan would be to have a meteor hit asilles, completely wiping out any life from the planet

arc 3 - the arcening