Star-daughter
In azure seas and searing skies, the sun grants us her brilliant spark. In swirling mists and roaring gales, the moon veils her in velvet dark.The tale of the Star-daughter is a reoccurring prophecy recalled by the Chandravamshi, a feminine religious sect that are the dominant religion across the Chandrasma Archipelago. It is said to predict the lives of the order's guiding stars, sent down as children from the sun and moon, and is held in high regard through the sect.
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There may only be one star-daughter alive at a time, and she is said to inherit the paths walked by her long-lost sisters. In the sect's terms, this means that a role is set aside for any star-daughter, and all significant acts and deeds performed by each one are detailed for her future sisters to inherit.
They may also inherit debts or puzzles that their forebears left behind: for instance, if a star-daughter was killed in pursuit of a lost artifact, then the next would be expected to continue that quest.
Though most inhabitants of the Chandrasma Archipelago never leave their home, the star-daughters are a rare exception.
They usually either leave their home islands for a mission in far-off lands, often given to them by ways of mysterious dreams or ominous premonitions, or they struggle under the burden of expectation and flee from the life that has been planned out for them. Prophecy follows them, even then.
Summary
In darkness deep, she shall call us forth.In brief, the star-daughters are said to be incarnations or sisters of the same soul. A star-daughter is a blessed figure whose steps allegedly carry the judgmental weight of the sun and moon, and all the stars between them.
They are said to indicate the path the Chandravamshi must walk, through direct orders or by indirect action. They are figures of peace or war, and are specifically said to be the children of the sun and moon together, and as as followers of the sacred moon, the Chandravamshi are sworn to follow them.
Despite a star-daughter theoretically being born anywhere in the world, the Chandravamshi have only ever acknowledged those born on their peninsula. This has led critics of their myths to suggest that the entire myth is merely a construct to grant more power to specific individuals, or even to indicate that visions experienced regarding a star-daughter are either faked or forced in some manner.
Like all prophecies, every line of each star-daughter's tale may be interpreted in many different ways. The specific ways in which the Chandravamshi see things are not the only ways they may be perceived - indeed, the Way interpret Jinne's future visions far differently to her homeland.
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Prophesied One
Born beneath, surrounded by, and painted in infinite precious blue, to seek blossoming seeds sown long ago does the wandering spirit wake anew. Bright is her star and dark the coming days! To wake the dawn-path set before her, she must shine under all's gaze!The prophecy that announces each star-daughter is not the same each time, for each telling speaks of a very different path. There are some consistencies, however, in the powers they are said to have, and the duties they inherit from what is divined for them. There is also one singular aspect of all star-daughters that allows the Chandravamshi to rule out most births: each and every one has always been a samsaran. The strongest consistency in terms of a star-daughter's abilities is the divination mastery that comes naturally to them. Every star-daughter sees beyond what her eyes should, often in her dreams but frequently also in moments of distraction in the waking world. These visions are frequently paired with an Oracle's powers, but not always.
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There is little to indicate what they may see: one star-daughter in the past saw only weather-related visions, while another was reported to see only happenings across the world in the north of Valathe, where she eventually travelled and died.
Star-daughters are said to have strange powers in relation to the skies and tides. Though these abilities must be honed through serious training, it is said that any star-daughter can master a level of control over water (due to water's link with prophecy, presumably) that may theoretically grant them the ability to summon large tidal waves, though most only develop the ability to the level of minor parlour tricks.
On days of high solar activity, this can easily be used spontaneously to aid the development of a crackling storm.
These powers come with heavy responsibilities. Beyond their duties to the Chandravamshi, who raise them in their early years and aim to be their lifelong home (and eternal library), they also understand a duty that only they can fulfill.
Historical Basis
They're samsarans, they're already special.While star-daughters certainly seem to exist as something mystical and magical, there is every chance that the prophecies that foretell their pathways are merely dreams or snippets of vision massaged into sense. The powers they wield can just as easily be ordinary divine strengths, with perhaps some essence of bloodline influence.
In actual fact, it is likely that the star-daughters are just samsarans whose reincarnation cycle has been linked to cyclical events and the passing of memories as the samsaran's soul moves on.
In theory, it is not hard to figure out when a particular samsaran soul will be reborn if one knows where they died and to where they are tied. While a prophecy cannot be disproven, the tales around star-daughters are unlikely to ever be proven to be true.
The idea that star-daughters are even children of the sun and moon is likely due to the odd divine links samsarans hold, rather than being of the literal sun and moon.
Samsarans are tied to the Boneyard, realm of Death, and are inherently linked to the beginning and ending of life - something that may be seen poetically as the beginning and end to a day, leading eventually for tales of star-daughters to begin suggesting that they are children of the very skies.
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Jinne
The current supposed star-daughter, Jinne, does demonstrate a number of the powers associated with the prophecy that was forced upon her at birth. Her birth was foretold ten years before her coming. She was said to be a coming storm, a fierce power with beatific words. She would walk a path walked before, yet she would shine light upon that path like nobody had before. She would follow her predecessors in delving deep into the dreaming lands, and she would lead. Now that she has lived for some time, the truths of her path have begun to become apparent. Now a priestess of the Way of Runeblessed Dreams and a paladin of some renown, Jinne works alongside heroic Champions and suspicious characters alike to see the world changed. On her home islands, where she is only seen in visions and occasional missives, myths have begun to spin up around her. There, she is depicted as the Child of the Tempest, whom life's storms begin to swirl around. She is prayed to by her former friends, allies, and loved ones, especially in darker storms. She is expected to bring great change to the world through the wake of her storms. She has always struggled under the weight of that expectation, and yet... Well. Is it not obvious?
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I am not seeing this as being a thing of truth. My fate is not being written so firmly in the text of stars; my mother is being a person, not the sun. Please, do not be claiming a myth is being true of me. The sisters of the Chandravamshi, they are so isolated. They believe so much that is strange. Let us be hoping this stays as stories. My childhood, it was lonely. When I am gone.. if I can be saving the next girl from living as this, then I am being happy. We are deserving of love and normalcy too!
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