The Tale of Two Sisters
"This world will need to rely on hope to bring it to its full potential. But for that, the people will need protection. And they will need to believe in hope to make sure that protection won't turn into meaningless violence. That's why we're both here because without the other we can not create the world that's meant to be.”The Tale of Two Sisters is a Kethurian folktale about the creation of Keturah. The tale goes as follows:
There once were two sisters of celestial descent. Their names were Audra and Leveona. They were daughters of the God of the Sky, and thus they seemed to be the only right choices to rule a plane of air. But who would it be? For their final trial, they had to find their way through a labyrinth covered in ice. The labyrinth was built on a floating island, representing their old home: Mount Celestia.
The labyrinth started off easy, but after an hour the path became unclear. They were met with two large pathways. One with mist so thick one wouldn't be able to see their own nose. The other one was so densely packed with spikes of ice that only a spider would be able to pass through. The first sister, Audra, didn't hesitate before she ran to the spikes and hit them. Echoes of thunder could be heard as her fist reached a spike, but the ice didn't break. She hit it again, and a small crack became visible. Audra began pounding at the spikes, creating a large thunderstorm. And so she went on.
Leveona just stood there, waiting. After a minute she closed her eyes and began walking. She only opened her eyes when she heard the voice of her sister and was met with the end of the labyrinth.
The only thing they saw was a wall of ice that looked to be polished like a mirror. Audra looked at it with a puzzled look on her face. "How? How do we know who won?" she asked. Leveona looked into the mirror and smiled: "It's showing us." She walked towards the mirror and put her hand on it. "This world will need to rely on hope to bring it to its full potential. But for that, the people will need protection. And they will need to believe in hope to make sure that protection won't turn into meaningless violence. That's why we're both here because without the other we can not create the world that's meant to be." And thus, by breeze and thunder, Keturah was created.
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