Ok since my sky lore summary reblog is getting a kick in notes, I decided to redo it since I feel like I haven't been that clear in it.
So if you're still new, you read my reblog and you're still a bit confuse, here's a revamp version of it. It's pretty long, so I suggest you sit somewhere comfy, get a snack and put on some calm music.
Notes before reading
It has been officially stated by TGC that the lore is up to the player's intrepertation. The vagueness of the lore was made intentional by TGC and thus you can either agree with the theory or timeline, or you can just say to hell with it and create your own timeline. No one's stopping you!
However, this timeline will be made using the most popular theories and observations made by the fandom and skyblr. This will also contain my observations as I feel it might help adding in my understanding. I ask that those who were in the fandom longer than me (specifically players who were playing before season of dreams) to correct me if I had made any mistakes or misunderstandings.
I will also be covering the vanilla lore, so I will ignore the smaller details such as seasonal spirits, who are the winged lights, where is home located etc. Feel free to check out the @sky-lore blog, who reblogs and save pretty cool theories that were discussed.
That's about it! Without further ado
A summary of Sky: cotl lore
(Or what we have gathered as 'lore')
"With the stars united, our light was infinte"
A long time ago, there lived a growing civilization in the sky. The people lived in harmony, worshipping the Elders and, most importantly, Megabird.
Megabird is the giant bird we see when we get reborn after dying in Eden. It is believed that Megabird created all life in the kingdom. Everyone's souls eventually returns to Megabird after they've died.
The elders are keepers of the realms, most likely holy guardians who protect and rule the kingdom. Each realm has a guardian, with a shrine to pray and meditate for them.
One day, a star fell from the sky. Two stargazers, who were taking a walk and admiring the night sky, saw this and immediately rushed to investigate it. However, when they arrived they did not find a star but rather a small child.
This child was named Alef. Many theorist, including me, believed that he was the first child of light who descended upon the realm.
When Alef's existence became known Daleth, the isle of dawn elder, took him in and raised him as a prince. It seems that the prophets of the four elements had a vision that Alef was to be crowned king and rule over the kingdom.
Alef then set out to complete the four prophercy trials. After he completed them, he was crowned King Resh. (We don't know why he changed his name to Resh, but it was kind of confirmed that they are both the same person.)
Some time had passed and King Resh has discovered a very interesting energy source: Dark stones
A/n this where all the bs starts btw.
The Dark stones are a powerful energy source where, once it reacts with a specific amount of light, it creates a powerful energy that can open doors, build bridges, make boats fly and advance technology.
King Resh started to mass produce these stones and caused the civilization to grow exceptionally. (We don't know how far the civilization has grown. Early concepts showed skykids exploring and finding modern inventions, such as bus stops and modern cities, but nothing has been confirmed)
However, what King Resh did not anticipate is how much of light was starting to dwindle in the world. Darkness was slowly consuming the kingdom and causing the water to turn to waste and strange dark plants to grow. (One person looked at the early concepts and theorise that they might repesent trapped souls.)
Eventually, the civilization became desperate to harvest more light to substain their stones. It later lead to a war being waged to either protect the remaining light or to harvest the last of it. The civilization even went ahead to harm the light animals to get more light, causing the previous light dragons to turn into the ferocious Dark dragons that appear in wasteland. The Golden wasteland realm was also effected the most during this, as you can see the remnants of war littered throughtout the realm.
But the darkness continued to spread among the kingdom and things weren't looking good. King Resh was also eventually corrupted by darkness, morphing him into a terrifying monster that rests on top of eden. (Early concepts showed that he was the reason there are flying rocks in Eden, but again nothing was confirmed)
Then, an explosion of Darkness happened. Many of us don't know where this happened, but everything seems to be pointing at Eden, the last realm.
When the explosion occured, it killed everyone in it's path, causing the Kingdom to fall. King Resh became trapped in the storm at Eden and reverted back to his child like form. This is the same child we meet when we die at stormlock. The Elders also suffered some physical damages, for example Isle of dawn elder's mask is broken.
Saddened by the death of the kingdom, Megabird has decided to create a new being. A being who will bring forth hope. A being who will vanquish the darkness and restore light back into the kingdom.
That being will be named "A child of light"
And that's how we the player came to be and what our purpose is.
Imagine Dr Ratio calling Aventurine sweet nothings and endearments under his breath in latin.
"Your idiocy never fails to suprise me, gambler. Today you are more beautiful than the last."
"You are late, my heart."
"How dull. There has never been a more lovelier man than you."
Aventurine has 0 idea what Dr Ratio is saying, so he pays someone to teach him latin.
... Now, his acting skills are put to the test, because he has to keep himself from blushing because now he understands Ratio when he mutters my dear, my only one whenever they talk.
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