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Song of the Stars

Prologue:
Long ago there was a long and terrible war, between the humans and the

beasts. The humans had their wisdom and the beasts had their savagery. Both

sides had lost many in the war and many were about to be lost. The earth was

scarred and bloody. The sky was crimson. Yet the war went on unquestioned.

There was no sign of relenting from either side.

One cold, dark morning something happened in the middle of a battle.

A star fell from the sky. Each side believed it was to defeat the other side; each

side had gods of the night sky. But right before it was to hit the ground it stopped

a few feet above the ground. It was neither a beast nor human, neither a shadow

nor light. It was in between, never swaying to a side. The fighting stopped all

looked up at the being. Everything was silent and unmoving. The being pointed at

three from each side of the battlefield, they gathered at the spot under the being.

He moved his hands in a circular motion and the seven of them disappeared.

The chosen and the star being appeared in building that looked as if

ancient and modern times converged. Just like the star being himself, there was

no bias of opposing forces. He led the chosen to a room. It had a few chairs,

nothing too ornate and nothing too plain. The beasts and the humans looked at

the other side with glares of hate, if not for the star being, they would already be

at each other?s throats.

The star being told them to sit down. The sides sat down on opposing sides of a

long table. It was hard enough to be in the same room with the room with the

enemy, but to sit down with them? The long standing feud had burned hate and

contempt in their hearts. Neither side believed that their enemies had morals, or

even a soul. The feud had broken any chance of advancement just keeping them

in an unending circle of death and war. The star being knew this; he was after all

the god of judgment. He knew the war had to stop. If it didn?t, well?he didn?t

want to dwell on that. Not even he knew what would happen and that was too

much of burden for a god to bear.

?I have gathered you here in my home for one reason, we must end the

war. You have sacrificed and killed too much of your earth to believe this war is

truly meaningful,? the star being paused, he stared at them. It was a stare of

reason and a tinge of disappointment. ?You must realize that this war is fruitless.

There is nothing to gain, you must see this and if you do not?then the world of

knowledge and the earth is truly lost.? He gave them another hard look, as if

sizing them, as if wondering if they could truly change. The curse of the gods was

that they couldn?t change ideals, just influence them. This feud was so old and the

wounds went so deep.
The first one to talk was one of the humans. He was the king of the kingdom

of Sinar Armun. When he was made the king he gained the memories of the past

kings, that was how humans retained their ideals. ?We have been fighting for so

long. Am I expected to just stop after all these years? I watched my little son die

during a raid. What can be offered that can equal the loss?? As the king said this

his eyes were mixed with sadness, pain, and furious anger. The other humans

just nodded and looked at their beloved king. The dead prince had been a prodigy

and was expected to be a great warrior; the death had been a great loss for the

whole kingdom. The star being stayed silent, and nodded.

The next to speak was the beast king from the kingdom of Shiv Ta?Rak.

The beasts had the ability to assume human form as well as the form of their

selected animal. His form was normally the fearsome lion, king of all beasts. His

voice had an undertone of a growl. ?I can?t believe you! You spineless human!

You think that my kingdom hasn?t lost anything? I lost my beloved wife at the

hands of your weapons! You! You?? he stopped he looked at the king and he

wept. ?I love her, and now she?s gone?she?s gone?? The kings looked at each

other with anger and then it changed to sadness. The tears flowed like a river that

had been dammed that had just broken through. The others wept too. For the

first time since the beginning of the war there was peace, if just for the moment.

The star being also wept in joy on the inside; it was possible to save the earth, the

tears proved it. On the outside he smiled.

The star being stood up. ?Now go back to your homes and tell the story

that happened here.? He made a sweeping motion with his hand and they

appeared in their capitals. They spread news of the meeting with the star being.

Many were reluctant to believe, but they followed their kings because they

believed in them. The fighting soon stopped, peace flew over the land like a bird

that had been caged and set free out of love.

The two races wanted to solidify the great peace so they built a shrine.

They placed within it a great statue of the star being. The ones that saw him tried

to describe him but it was too great for a mortal mind. So they gave him the form

of a man with the wings of an eagle. In his right hand they put a mighty sword of

the ancient beast king, a treasure to all beasts. In his left hand they placed the

shield of the first human king, a treasure to all humans. They hoped by placing

their treasures there, there would be eternal peace and the star being would bless

and watch over them.

The star being did bless them and the two cultures eventually became

one. The eternal peace did come. The old feud died and prosperity came over

the earth like a giant wave.
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