Kaguya

Kaguya, or the Moon Goddess, is an Avoidant Personality of Avacyn. Though technically the same person, there is a large difference between the two both in physical appearance and personality. While Avacyn is the Goddess of Light and Knowledge, Kaguya is the Goddess of Darkness and Ignorance. Typically associated with the creatures who lurked in the darkness, Kaguya is whom many consider to be the leader of the monsters that previously roamed the world.

While Avacyn fought against the hoards of monsters with humanity, Kaguya fought right back when Avacyn went to sleep.

## The Anti-Goddess

Kaguya "The Moon Goddess" is the Yin to Avacyn's Yang. Together they make balance in the world. However, the two personalities often conflict with each other. Avacyn is unaware that Kaguya exists just as Kaguya is unaware that Avacyn exists. As opposites of each other, Kaguya behaves and beleives opposite of Avacyn, specifically along the lines of light and dark. While Avacyn can easily be compared to the sun and life, Kaguya is just as easily connected to the moon and death.

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"All shall bow before me. And all that is light, shall descend into darkness."

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Kaguya only appears when Avacyn has fallen asleep. If Avacyn stayed up all night, Kaguya would not appear and vice-versa. Records of this split personality are few and far between as she had the ability to literally blend in with the shadows when detected. Kaguya would often Lead her armies in the opposite way of Avacyn, throwing massive waves of creatures to fight, rarely fighting herself.

Much like a vampire, Kaguya could not stand the sun and often hid in the dark when she stayed awake during the day which was not very often. Interestingly, she had a great enjoyment for the natural beauty of the world. This did not apply to civilization though, using this as justification, she spent many thousands of years waging war against the mortals of the old world.

### First Encounter

The very first encounter Kaguya made with those who keep history was nearly a year after the first pockets of resistance began to sprout across the world. She unintentionally attempted to attack the original saints as they rested for the night, leading to a brief skirmish which she would lose. Kaguya retreated, but not before throwing endless waves of monsters against the defending saints.

The only name the saints had for her at the time was "Moonlight" based on her glistening skin which sparkled like the rays of which the moon shined upon her seemingly wherever she went. The locals had given her the name "Kaguya", or "Moonlight" in their dialect. Kaguya after their first brief but intense encounter swore she would be back to destroy them.

### All Hallows' Eve

While there had been multiple other encounters with the so called "Kaguya", none were as monstrous as the night of October the 31st. The saints had gathered to defend a human city against the hordes of monsters which plagued the city. When Kaguya appeared that night, she was actually willing to talk with the saints and they did so. However, these talks soon broke into hostilities as neither side could gain an inch over the other in their debates. Kaguya had surrounded the saints as they talked with an army of undead, proceeding to unleash them in a fury of attacks.

The saints were unable to hold them off, breaking away and watching as the human city fell into ruin. Saint Merzer was lost during the battle. Such great loss of life was dubbed All Hallows' Eve and even today Kaguya's wrath is unleashed each October 31st. It is rumored that Kaguya is still leading them from the sky above each year, using moonlight to guide her undead army.

### The Defeat of Kaguya

After many years of fighting, the last remaining member of the undead remained. Avacyn, or in this case Kaguya, was finally all that stood in the way between the saints and the destruction of the undead. Knowing that any damage done to Kaguya would also be inflicted upon Avacyn, the saints struggled for a long time to come up with a proper answer to the problem for years.

Finally, it was learned that the sadness of Avacyn was the only thing that could prevent Kaguya from returning. The one thing the two personalities of Avacyn could both be affected by were Avacyn's own tears which would cause her to break down in a fit of tears. As a sort of antidote to Kaguya, Saint Agetha concocted a potion of Avacyn's tears which upon application to the eye would immediatly cause Kaguya to break down into tears until she cried herself to sleep.

With this in mind, the Saints fought ferociously against their own Goddess to secure a victory when the potion was applied to her eyes. From that moment onwards, Avacyn would keep a potion of her tears nearby at all times and often times use them before she went to sleep, preventing Kaguya from returning.

## The Return of Kaguya

Kaguya returned only once more after her defeat. During the Avacyn wars, Avacyn would often spend her free time crying typically preventing Kaguya from being unleashed. However, one specific instance Avacyn had been up for multiple days and without telling anyone, fell fast asleep in her mansion without applying the tears.

When her blonde hair turned raven, many of the surviving saints thought the end was neigh. But when Kaguya arose from her slumber, she was unable to call upon her undead army. As a result of this, she retained a calm demeanor around the ones she once considered enemies. Soon, Avacyn was needed on the battlefield but Kaguya refused to return back asleep. Kaguya took to the battlefield herself and laid waste to the enemy in an unrivaled rage.

The death of so many caused Kaguya to once again return to her old habits and once again she had to be stopped. She was able to take out a large portion of both sides armies before they were finally able to apply the tears and stop her rampage.

### Kaguya's song

As Kaguya laid on the battlefield with tears in her eyes, she began to sing a song. A sad but beautiful song which foretold of her return to the moon and the beauty the darkness brings. She would have her revenge on the world. With her moonlit features seemingly being absorbed back into the moon, Avacyn was once again revealed, ending a thousand year old secret.

### Avacyn and Kaguya

Together, they are yin and yang. The balance of life itself. One cannot exist without the other. Too much light and too much darkness drives the world mad. And so, the two chase each other forever in a cycle of day and night. Their white and black wings forming the banner of Avacyn and serving as a reminder of balance. Too much one way and too much to the other can only result in hardships.