Keerah (Lady of the Light)

Keerah Eileen, referred to as the Lady of the Light (despite being the second to share that name), is a recurring character in the Heart of the Duel and the Dawn of Darkness fan fictions published by ImagiWorksNation on Quotev and Wattpad. Keerah is most known for being heroine Kira Ellen's previous life and the third

reincarnation in the Line of Lucerna. Her connection with Kira allows her to protect Yugi Muto and Yami Yugi, as well as the Millennium Items.

## Early Life

### Life in the Village Commons

Keerah, born blind and orphaned at young age, struggled as she grew up in ancient Egyptian times. Taken in by some local villagers, Keerah grew up working in the royal palace during the reign of Aknamkanon. During her living in the village commons, Keerah met and bonded with Seto. Here she befriended Mahad, Mana, and the Pharaoh's son Prince Atem. When she learned about magic from Mahad, she desired to learn more about it. Mahad quickly became aware of Keerah's supernatural abilities, including her ability to see when in her spirit form. He reported her talents to the Sacred Guardians and Pharaoh Aknamkanon took an interest in her.

### Life in the Palace

The Pharaoh asked Keerah to move into the royal palace so the Sacred Guardians could help her learn to control her abilities. Mahad helped her adjust to the new environment with her inability to see, leading to the development of a sibling relationship between the two. During her free time, Keerah would run across Atem and Mana. The three would play together.

Atem was curious about Keerah's origins and desired to know more about her. At first Keerah was wary of the prince, but the two developed a strong friendship and quickly became inseparable.

## Late Childhood

### Learning Her Origins

Keerah began to question why she had her powers as she grew older, especially when they allowed her see despite her blindness. As she developed her powers, a voice began to speak to her in her mind. This voice, a middle aged woman, referred to Keerah as "Child" and Keerah decided to name to voice "Mother" in response. She would later discover that this was her connection with her former life Kyara, the original Lady of the Light, trying to communicate with her. Her power, often associated with bursts of light, became well known through out the village, earning Keerah the title "the Lady of the Light".

She was proud of her achievements despite the weariness of the Sacred Guardians about the strength of her powers. They were deemed less of spell casting abilities and classified as "natural power". Aknamkanon claimed she

must be the child of the gods with such gifts and named her a daughter of Isis, the Egyptian goddess of magic, wisdom, and the sky. His claim caused his twin brother and one of the Sacred Guardians, Priest Aknadin, to gain interest in the potential of Keerah's ability and to trick her in creating the Millennium Items.

Keerah was being trained by the Sacred Guardians around the same time as a pair of twins, Namu and Sy. The three often trained together in studies of magic and Keerah grew especially close to Namu. Namu developed a crush on Keerah that made Atem jealous and caused the prince to inhibit Keerah's free time with the young swordsman.

### Bond With Atem

As Mahad began to train Mana in the art of magic, Atem spent more time with Keerah. He even accompanied her outside of the palace to visit Keerah's friends in the village. Keerah swore to Aknamkanon that as long as Atem was with her any enemy would have to "endure the wrath of pure light".

Atem began to feel closely connected with Keerah and deeply cared for her well being. He helped her overcome difficulties in her blindness and would describe everything he saw to her. Keerah, feeling mutual, treasured the Prince's attention. Mahad joked that the two were joined at the hip and hinted at a blossoming relat

ionship between them. Mana often teased them about their affectionate actions between one another.

## Creation of the Millennium Items

### Plotting Against the Throne

Around the time Keerah began to gain attention for her abilities, attacks near the palace caused distress among the royal family as Aknamkanon struggled to develop a strategy of defense. Aknadin pushed his brother to use magic to create weapons that would protect them. Despite the risk, Aknamkanon was left with no choice but to agree. Aknadin suggested that reading from the Millennium Spellbook would require strong magic and asked Aknamkanon to allow Keerah to lend her powers.

### The Ritual

When the Pharaoh agreed, Aknadin took Keerah with him to Kul Elna in a chamber close by. While the massacre of Kul Elna took place to gain the proper sacrifice of 99 souls, unknown by Keerah and Aknamkanon, Aknadin instructed Keerah to read from the Millennium Spellbook. Once the ritual was complete, Zorc Necrophades was summoned and attacked Aknadin. Kira saved his life by temporarily banishing the monster with her powers. Aknadin lost his eye during the attack and replaced it with the Millennium Eye.

### Aftermath

The Millennium Items were properly given to Aknamkanon and distributed to the Sacred Guardians to stop the attacks. Years later, when Keerah was showing Atem and Mana the Millennium Necklace, she was shown a vision of the past from the night the ritual occurred. Upon learning about the massacre, Keerah let out a shriek and a powerful wave of energy that destroyed a nearby temple. Feeling guilty and ashamed for completing the ritual without knowing, she ran and hid from her room. It would be days before she re-emerged and reported what she had discovered to Aknamkanon.