"What the hell is going on?" roared a senator of the Crystal race, but the divine birds, Aizel and Firin said nothing, only glaring at the image up in the air.
The rift between the birds was not new. In fact, what very few living beings knew was that from the very beginning of the Crystal realm, these two birds had played a significant role in shaping the realm itself, as well as its laws.
Aizel and Firin harbored different ambitions, wanting to grow their faith, and specifically designing the realm to favor them. It was no accident that the entire Crystal realm depended on the Sol and Frio birds for light, without any other celestial body high up in the air, the template most realms normally developed. To further cement the need for their light, long ago, when they had newly discovered the divine path, they had persuaded Vinei to become a Deity as well, and make the darkness his vessel of faith.
