The Moon Traveller

The Moon Traveller is an ancient and once-famous fairytale. There are several iterations of the story that have been identified in the ancient civilisations of Ankhos and Argaiv. The tale has survived into modernity in Prydow and Peshwamanar. 
Whilst there is variation on the details, the tale revolves around the tragic romance of the Moon Traveller and the Moon Queen.
The tale goes that the two principle characters lived on the moon. The moon queen smothered her love, the traveller, with gifts and affections. The moon traveller yearned for freedom from his overbearing admirer and so descended to the surface world. Here he spent many years before finally taking a wife. 
The Moon Queen wept and disappeared, but not before weeping her final tears that feel to the surface below.
In his regret, the moon traveller resolved to travel the world and gather the tears together, hoping to gather the shards of the Moon Queen.
The scene opens on a ball. high-class dancers dance on the ballroom floor. The lights then switch to the great throne uypon which the Moon queen sits, to her left is the Moon Prince, on a lower but still ornate throne. She steps down and offers her hand to the Prince, as they walk to the ballroom the other guests disperse. Servants bring forth platters of food, drink and other splendours and offer them to the pair, but they are dismissed with a wave of the hand. The pair dance but at the crescendo of the music the prince suddenly departs, leaving the queen dejected to return to her throne.
There is a seperate-duet, the moon prince stands upon the balcony looking out on the world below, singing of the stilfing conditions of this "fake perfect world". Meanwhile, the queen rises from her throne in the now empty ballroom as she laments the coldness of "her love". The prince commits himself to descend to the land below, whilst the queen weeps upon her throne.
The scene goes dark.
When the lights return, the moon traveller awakens to the sounds of a bustling city, he steps out into the busy streets of an Ankhosi town. He
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