Ashak

Ashak is the Goddess of Nili, as well as Goddess of Stars, Dreams, and Guardian of the Farsee Lands. She is a Sky Domain Goddess, and one of the New Gods, as well as the Major Gods in Arkhaism; although she doesn't interfere much with "grounded" business. She is seen as a traveller Avian holding half of the Lunarian Ring as a compass to direct and guide her amongst the nightly stars.

Her palace is on Nili, the blue moon. Nili's strange orbit around Terra Avium represents Ashak travelling the stars and visintg Terra Avium once every 10 years, marking the festival Caerulis. She is, though not in the ways people tend to think of, the daughter of Qwui - or rather a piece of Qwui who gained a seperate consciousness.

## BIRTH

When Qwui lost her mind and succumbed to terrible fates, Tele became red as blood. She sent the Owls against each other, and declared war against the Gods, marking the Great Desolation. Only after some considerable amount of endurance from the Gods, Theruee, with struggle, striked Qwui with the Blade of Names as it phased through Qwui, and stole her Name. Theruee used the Sunrazor, and sliced her head, spilling blue blood which formed into Ashak. Qwui's physical form effectly withered away, and her soul was forever locked in Undirheim, under the many eyes of Vishi Dalmoeri.

Qwui’s blue blood was spilled by the Sunrazor, and the blood became Ashak, Goddess of Nili. Before Ashak was born, Nili had a brown color to it. When Qwui's blood formed Ashak, her soul immediately claimed Nili, turning it blue. Ashak is sometimes called the Lesser Moon because Nili was smaller than Tele, and had less significance on Terra Avium back then; Nili was only seen as a floating rock, without any purpose.

## BEFORE UOIRA

During the first years of Ashak’s life, she became the ruler of the lonely and abandoned Nili. However, Theruee didn’t return Qwui’s moonlight in fear of corruption, so Ashak was a sitting piece of dim rock on the sky. This gave her the title Ruler of Nowhere, and Nili the title of The Nowhere Land, as it didn’t have any significance whatsoever back then.

Ashak couldn’t do anything because Ashak lacked the sentience of living being. This is because Ashak didn’t have moonlight. This is because Ashak is a piece of Qwui, similarly to how the Lunarian Ring works; it needs moonlight to gain power and sentience. With Qwui gone and the moonlight taken, Ashak was - to best describe it - brain dead. Ashak was the deity of nothing, without a mind on a blue dim rock.

## ROLE IN THE TALES OF TELE & NILI

Ashak didn't have any independent thoughts or consciousness, and she remained that way until Uoira reclaimed moonlight after tricking Theruee. When Uoira brought moonlight to Tele, the moonlight spreaded to Nili too. It washed both moons in bright white and blue. The wash of moonlight “awakened” Ashak, and gave her thoughts and sentience again. Ashak was as both shocked and curious, but mostly shocked, so she remained on Nili for some time without moving, making Nili a bit more significant though still unmoving.

Uoira moved Tele, 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. Uoira discovered Ashak’s past, and said to help Ashak learn about Terra Avium, and so the two did.

Ashak was oddly very surprised by Terra Avium, despite had been looking at it for thousands of years. 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.

Ashak learned fast, and became very curious. 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 mentioned that moonlight was returned, but it still lacked something important. Then she remembered the Lunarian Ring, which wass still somewhere on Terra Avium.

So Uoira and Ashak looked for the Lunarian Ring. When Ashak and Uoira retrieved the Lunarian Ring, they agreed to split it in two. Uoira got the Lunarian Ring of Moonlight, Sight, and Night. Ashak got the Lunarian Ring of Dreams - Nightmares, Stars, and the Farsee Lands. However, the stars were still not shining yet, for they required to be activated.

Ashak was also curious of the Farsee Lands, and wanted to travel to that to explore the world beyond. But before leaving, she promised to visit once per ten years and told stories of her travels. And so, she departed to the Farsee Lands. Ashak became the Goddess of Nili, Stars, Dreams, and night-time nagivation. She went out to the Farsee Lands, and returned light to the stars and sky, returning astronomy and night-time navigation. A yearly ceremony, Caerulis, is celebrated where Avians would float lanterns to the sky, representing stars and the mysterious lands beyond Terra Avium, and sending thanks and wishes to Ashak.