Amana’s Dresses

> “I understood now why so many revered Amana's dresses, why some called them her greatest legacy. Because of them, she gave us the world as we knew it. Day after day and night after night, she spun the dawn and unraveled the dusk.” - Maia, Spin the Dawn
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> “Upon the light of the blood of stars from whence he was bound, your love shall be free.” Amana, Spin the Dawn
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## Legend of God of Thieves

The god of thieves, he was so skilled he boasted that he could steal Amana's children: the sun, the moon, and the stars. The gods laughed at him, but he was undeterred. He captured the first two of Amana's children easily, storing their light in walnut shells. (Walnuts were his favorite food, and who would think to look in a nut?) The stars that danced in the sky were difficult to catch. So he shot arrows into them, and caught their essence as they bled into the sky. Amana was so enraged that she buried the world in darkness. Even when the god of thieves gave back what he had stolen, she was not appeased.

So he called upon Heaven's tailor to make Amana a gift. He had kept slivers of the sun, the moon, and the stars, and he asked the tailor to make three dresses so beautiful they blinded the mortal eye. The tailor succeeded. The dresses were so dazzling Amana forgave the thief and returned light to the world, but only for half the day-for the fragments the thief had given to make the dresses meant the day could never be whole again. A lesson never to anger the mother goddess.

## Amana’s Children Into 3 Dresses

One woven with the laughter of the sun, another embroidered with the tears of the moon, and lastly, one painted with the blood of the stars.

So many legends surrounded the dresses. Some said Amana would grant a wish, no matter how impossible, to the tailor who made them. Others said the dresses would awaken unspeakable power, enough to bring about the end of the world.

## Trials

To acquire the sun, the moon, and the stars for Amana's dresses. These tasks translate into three trials: one of the body, one of the mind, one of the soul.

### Sunlight

Sunlight trial of the body. - How much suffering you could endure. To gather sunlight you need Niwa Spider silk gloves, because their silk is fire-resistant.

To find sunlight so pure it can be spun, will be at the Sun Temple. The temple is a labyrinth. Always take the brighter turn, no matter how unbearable it feels. There’s a round mirror in the center that directly reflects the sun. Get to the ledge just above the glass. Put on the gloves and reach out, any unprotected part of your body will burn. Trap the sun light in a walnut at it’s zenith.

### Moonlight

Moonlight trial of the mind. - The higher up the Rainmarker’s Peak, the colder and icier it becomes. Choosing the route to the peak becomes a series of calculated gambles. Go around that glistening patch of ice, or dare step over it? Was that a shadow on the rock, or a stripe of snow? Grappling with the fear that every next step could be your last.

To find moonlight so dense it can be woven, will be at Rainmaker's Peak. While most of the mountains had gentle sloping curves, going up to Rainmaker’s Peak, (looks like a needle piercing the sky,) is so steep you need magic shoes to climb it. Even in the summer it was capped with snow. The full moon will rise over the mountains, illuminating a pool somewhere on the peak. Dive into the freezing cold pool and capture the light in a walnut.