❝ Once upon a time...
When the world was young, and the Ancients still walked the land - there existed a botanist by the name of Janus. A young and naive soul, they treaded behind the large footsteps of Azem hoping beyond hope that they would be able to inherent the famed name. Alas, fate is a stern hand and this young Ancient was not granted the ability to bare the heavy name by those peers.Instead, they became the very essence of the name packing their bag and setting out on a journey to explore the world and document everything they could. They left their love for the journey promising to return. But before they had the chance to return to the arms they adored the core of the planet was endangered by a force that had been created by a member of their race. The sky became fire, the very ground cracked and plants withered. Janus rushed home, hoping and praying everything remained the same. What they found was a sour love, a home destroyed. Even though their heart lived and breathed they scorned Janus while not blaming them, they turned away to focus on something that was beyond Janus' understanding.With the turn of the star, Janus came to the retired Azem seeking advice and hope. Instead, they found themself in a devils deal. In exchange for their creation magicks, they would be hidden outside of time and allowed to keep their memories - as long as they also promised to keep Venat's will in mind as they lived. Shocked by sudden, brutal turn of events they agreed. Thus they where forcibly thrown into the lifestream watching with horror as the entirety of their known world was shattered into a shadow of itself.
When the new worlds had settled, Janus had reached out hoping to exit the lifestream whole. But, they found themself just as broken as their new reality. Within the body of a fragile babe their mature mind recoiled at the shock. And thus, they began to live a variety of lives.A Hyur, a Au-Ra, a Hrothgar, a Elezen, every gender every race, they would find themselves with a new face every seventy years or so. Janus would often search for remnants of their original home even while trying to blend into the new world. Sometimes, they would even find fragments. It wasn't until they found themselves a Viera did they find comfort in their new existence. As a Viera they had been orphaned by a viscous group that had been exploding onto history - just like other civilizations before it. Instead, as a babe Janus had been saved and adopted as a Sharlyan family - the schooling was something they took to instantly devouring information just as they had in their youth. They fell in love with their adopted family - the warmth of their new parents and sibling eclipsing any lingering traumas. Of course, even as they became a Archon in their field - something that they had strived for originally as a Ancient - they wanted to learn more and planned on setting out to explore this new world with excited fervor.This was when they noticed that their family was aging faster than they where, when Janus - now Svaeoi - confronted their family they finally where given the truth. Viera, lived the longest out of any known race. Svaeoi was fated to watch the family that had brought them comfort fade and die. They paused their journey, and lived with their family - even finding a love and having a child - before watching them each pass. Svaeoi knew their souls returned to the lifestream, and now finally free from the Sharlyan island with the passing of their family - and a with a new burden they reluctantly began their adventure.
