Uoira Alarae

Uoira Alarae is the New Goddess of the Moon, and one the New Gods. She is a very important figure in Silverlight's religious history as she is the main deity being worshipped. She is also called The Silverlight, The Graceful One, or The Moon Mother. She is a goddess belonging to the Sky Domain, and she is worshipped by the Silverlight Owls. She is known to be the one who united the owls of Silverlight, the one who brought Moonlight to the earth, and the one who passed the 8 Moonshard Trials.

Number 8 is the Silverlight’s holy number, as it is the number of steps Uoira counted before stepping to become the Silverlight. It was also the number of divine feathers that Uoira had on her wings, and the amount of years Uoira took to unite the owls of Silverlight. The Silverlight Kingdom’s origin is said to be united by Uoira, who gathered the tribes of owls and banded them together. The owls call themselves the children of Mother Moon, and the ruler of the Kingdom is titled The Crown of Silver Dome.

She later became Sun's apprentice. She couldn't make light of her own (In real life, the Moon doesn't shine on itself but it's just sunlight reflecting off it) so Sun became her mentor and gave her Moonlight so that she could help him take over his night shift.

## UNITY OF THE SILVERLIGHT OWLS

Long ago, the moon didn't shine moonlight, and people didn't care much about it. But Uoira, a merchant's daughter who looked up at it every night, thought of its beauty and its grace compared to the Sun. When her family traveled, she heard stories from other merchants that her kind were at war and they didn't work together.

She prayed and asked the gods what they could do, and they spoke of the 8 Moonshard Trials of Silverlight. The prophecy of the one who can unite the owls would be the own who ascended the 8 steps of Divinity, and sat on the Lunarian throne. So she went on to do the 8 trials. The story of each trial was that she was gifted an artifact by a different god each time, and she cleverly thought of ways to solve the trials using the artifacts. Each time she finished one, a Moonshard appeared, and she tucked it in her wings. The Moonshards, when worn, were called the 8 Divine Feathers. Each Divine Feather grants the user a special ability, and she acquired magical powers the further she was in the trials.

When she was done, she climbed the tallest mountain in all of Terra Avium. Her 8 moonshards turned into steps and she ascended toward the moon, claiming the empty throne. After that, she became the Moon deity. During her time as a goddess, she managed to see the conflicts of her people. So she chose a land called Silverlight, and talked to each of the leaders of the clans to unite together, with her as their guide.

When her people asked how they could know where Silverlight is, she pondered for a while, before she got an idea. She visited the lands, and asked the glowing flowers and plants where they got their light from. They answered the earth gifted it to them, and for them to use. So she visited the god of florals and festivals, Havizhar, and asked him for light. He told her that it won't be enough for her, and that he needed them to gift his plants and creations, and to bring light to hearts of bird and festivals. However, he said that without the sun, his plants and forests wouldn't grow as they did. He advised Uoira to visit the Sun.

So she attended one of Sun's feast, and she was welcomes as a new goddess. She and Sun talked for some while, and she offered Sun a lot of alcohol. Sun boasted about how great his light is, and how it reaches further than the horizon and brings life to wherever sunlight reigns. But then Uoira told him that when he shined his sunlight, the sunlight only touched half of the globe, leaving the other in darkness. So Sun decided to give her moonlight to help with the other half.

She returned with Moonlight in her hold, and gave the Moon its graceful light its known for. She guided the way for the owls, and lead them to Silverlight with the help of moonlight. There, the kingdom of Silverlight was born, its people united.

## ROLE IN THE TALES OF TELE & NILI

Uoira played a prominent and very important role in the story of Tele & Nili, as the one helping Ashak regained her conscience, showed her Terra Avium, and reclaimed the Lunarian Ring with her. Uoira reclaimed moonlight, and bathed both Tele and Nili back in life and light, making Ashak gained her consciene.

When Uoira reclaimed the throne of Tele, she started to move Tele around in its cycle, learning and adjusting to its phases and cycles. But she was bothered and disturbed by the unmoving Nili. Uoira didn’t like the idea of a tool being unused, so she paid a visit to Ashak. Uoira was, at first, unnerved by the lack of servants on Nili, until she met Ashak sitting on her throne, gaping and still shocked by her sentience. So Uoira and Ashak sat down and talked a bit. Uoira discovered Ashak’s past, and said to help Ashak learn about Terra Avium, and so the two did.

There were many epic poems and literature works writing about Ashak and Uoira’s journey around the world, helping and learning about it. One of these works is “The Chronicles of Tele and Nili”, written by an anonymous author, which is still a famous literature piece in Terra Avium. At the end of the journey, Ashak wondered about the world beyond Terra Avium, namely the Farsee Lands, the land of stars and such. Uoira pointed out the lack of something important, then Ashak remembered the Lunarian Ring, which was still somewhere on Terra Avium.

So Ashak and Uoira worked together to retrieve the Lunarian Ring. When Ashak and Uoira found it forgotten away, they activated it using Uoira's moonlight, The two agreed to split it in two. Uoira got the Lunarian Ring of Moonlight, Sight, control of the Waves, and Night. Ashak got the Lunarian Ring of Dreams/Nightmares, Stars, and the Farsee Lands.