No matter the outcome I would have had to continue onward without faltering. To come undone is a privilege I do not have. I am unspeakably grateful for everyone's aid in returning them home, whole and hale. Alisaie has already begun to sulk over the lack of adventure to be had.
I am not simply a fractured piece of Hemera's soul — my soul is what was left behind of her when she was Sundered.
I was and am and have always been Hemera, just lesser of soul and lacking in memory after millennia of reincarnation.
I also learned of my seat in the Convocation of Fourteen. Hades was Emet-Selch, the Architect. I held the fourteenth seat — the seat of Azem, the Traveler. Shepherd to the stars in the dark.
While all the others stayed in Amaurot, Azem was tasked with exploring the world.
The other seats each corresponded with a constellation in the heavens, and Azem was the sun.
My symbol is akin to this: ☉
In Eorzea one of our Twelve is named Azeyma, goddess of inquiry and represented by the sun. Across the sea the deity credited with creating the Raen is the Dawn Father, Azim.
So it seems at my past incarnations have a habit of being deified. I am not sure what I think of this...
But the title of Azem feels right. The Traveler. It feels like me. Who I am, not who others tell me I am.
I am Era. Hemera. Azem.
I am the Traveler.
Shepherd to the stars.
Does that make sense? I don't know. I am so very tired and I cannot quiet my mind. But Ardbert is sleeping next to me, body and soul reunited. His sweet face turns the screaming of my mind into fervent whispers.
It's an odd feeling, being in love. I don't know if I like it.
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I am not simply a fractured piece of Hemera's soul — my soul is what was left behind of her when she was Sundered.
I was and am and have always been Hemera, just lesser of soul and lacking in memory after millennia of reincarnation.
I also learned of my seat in the Convocation of Fourteen. Hades was Emet-Selch, the Architect. I held the fourteenth seat — the seat of Azem, the Traveler. Shepherd to the stars in the dark.
While all the others stayed in Amaurot, Azem was tasked with exploring the world.
The other seats each corresponded with a constellation in the heavens, and Azem was the sun.
My symbol is akin to this: ☉
In Eorzea one of our Twelve is named Azeyma, goddess of inquiry and represented by the sun. Across the sea the deity credited with creating the Raen is the Dawn Father, Azim.
So it seems at my past incarnations have a habit of being deified. I am not sure what I think of this...
But the title of Azem feels right. The Traveler. It feels like me. Who I am, not who others tell me I am.
I am Era. Hemera. Azem.
I am the Traveler.
Shepherd to the stars.
Does that make sense? I don't know. I am so very tired and I cannot quiet my mind. But Ardbert is sleeping next to me, body and soul reunited. His sweet face turns the screaming of my mind into fervent whispers.
It's an odd feeling, being in love. I don't know if I like it.