Chosen of Nova

During the Second Novean War, the Chosen of Nova was the person harbouring the soul of the Goddess Nova's divine beast, Licos, and as such safely use Minayero. They were key persons of the Novean Faith, and their coming was foretold within the Libereja, specifically in the Kenieto of Nova. Since the soul of Licos transferred from one to another at one point, there were two Chosen of Nova.

## Fake Chosen of Nova

The original Chosen of Nova was Bokay Zerin, a Nefilim boy from Selim on southern Rida in the Holy Kingdom of Aidenous. He found a Crystal Shard near Selim, and together with his sister Sylvia and their mentor and godmother Idra Kegis went on a pilgrimage to the Crusaders' citadel city of Fienyn. Along the way, Bokay did not only manage to find a number of additional Crystal Shards that had been lying hidden for centuries, but also displayed that he was able to safely use a limited amount of Minayero.

Bokay also eventually started hearing the voice of Licos, and even conversed with Licos in his own Inner Space. As such, Bokay and his companions knew that Bokay was the Chosen of Nova long before it became public knowledge. However, realizing that this was a tall claim to make, they kept this knowledge to themselves. It was only in Fienyn that Crusader Grandmaster Gabriel Hiram put Bokay on a trial, and eventually officially announced that Bokay was the Chosen of Nova as foretold in the Kenieto.

Bokay continued gathering all the Crystal Shards, and eventually reassembled it to the Crystal Seal at Sky's Tear, thus fulfilling part of the prophecy of the Kenieto. However, he was killed and his soul was imprisoned by Ozymandias Lifrakeiz before he could free the Goddess Nova herself, thus leaving the prophecy partly unfulfilled.

Whereas the intent of Ozymandias capturing the soul of Bokay had been to capture the soul of Licos with it, Licos had managed to avoid capture on account of his soul originally residing within Sylvia. Using their bonds as siblings, Licos had extended his soul to Bokay in anticipation that someone would attempt to target the Chosen of Nova.

## True Chosen of Nova

After Bokay had been killed and his soul captured, Licos soul transferred back to Sylvia, unlocking her powers as the True Chosen of Nova. Being the original vessel for Licos, Sylvia's mastery of Minayero greatly exceeded that of her brother, and as such it was easy for the faithful of the Novean Faith to accept that Bokay had not been the real Chosen of Nova, while Sylvia - much to her own dismay - was being hailed as the True Chosen of Nova.

Driven by a desire for revenge for her brother, Sylvia travelled all the way to Meviek, where she not only got revenge on Ozymandias for killing Bokay, but also opened the Crystal Seal and freed the Goddess Nova, thus fulfilling the prophecy of the Kenieto.

This latter part was not done of her own free will. Rather, Licos, who had gradually been expanding his influence over Sylvia, forcibly took her over and freed Nova. Sylvia thereafter effectively entered a state where she was possessed by Licos, and not in control of her own actions.

This control was only broken when Sylvia's friends managed to reincarnate Bokay from his imprisoned soul in the form of an Iserial Creature with the help of Vashya Carmina. After this point, Sylvia strained to keep Licos under her control instead of the other way around, but eventually managed to turn his power against Nova, using it to defeat the Goddess, who had not turned out to be the benevolent saviour as which the Novean Faith had worshipped her.