[NeverNights]

"As I continue to write this, adding page after page to my journal- I've realized that given this time to reflect and think about the things I have done has given me a new perspective. Its rare to turn back on your journey just to see how many steps you have already taken.

Sometimes I can recall events in vivid detail as if it was yesterday- while an entire year can be summed up in just a few words. It makes me wonder if people held me in their memories the same as I do them? Was I something fond to recall? Or just another doctor, a meeting with a figure they had to interact with.

Im hoping if any are alive today and they somehow come across this they are not offended if their name isn't repeated across this parchment... I'm better at remembering faces anyways."

"Having met the partner I thought Id be with for the rest of my life, after many years of waiting I finally asked Levi if he felt the same for me as I did for him and to great elation he reciprocated those emotions I felt. To say I was overjoyed would be an understatement, after all- one of my greatest desires was to find a person who could put up with me like he could- accepting that my job would come first for the now rising baroness at the time.

Every couple has its own way of showing their affections after all- and both of us married to our duties first would put off the actual ceremony for quite some time until the stars aligned and we managed to gather the free time to arrange this event. Thankfully- around this time in my life I started collecting the letters sent to me by others- realizing that I simply couldn't keep track of everything requested of me as my medical prowess grew and I gained mastery over the fundamentals of medicine.

Honorable mentions to Hemlock, a guardian of Serenity who gave me some time of their day to answer my questions. Invictus Tenebris, a proud and warlike giant of men who I would later help clear out some land with him and his people on an expedition- and Penelope Malibu- another... one of my fathers wives? I know I was teasing him since he had two already- but he just had a way with the ladies I guess- it made for some interesting trips back home- especially since it was more than just her in the shared estate at times- ohmy~

But the scandalous nature of my father aside- I was nearing my mid twenties around this time when I finally managed to get officiated together with my husband Levi, many people from all walks attending my noble wedding in the Illuminated shrine In Londo- Svengalf, Fantasy Kasca, Mio Kazana, my uncle Aeric and several more all there to celebrate with me- leaving a beautiful floral decoration on the ground for my husband and I to share our vows upon.

Shortly after my father left Meranthe to search for one of his partners- leaving me all alone to the estate where I took on his title. This wasn't to last too long however as the queen- and now very much a mother like figure to me Asterin took me into her family.

Here she offered me the title of Queen alongside her daughter Aria so that we both may rule Londo together and make sure it prospered. While Aria handled all the war aspects, I was to manage the political side of things as the former queen took a step back for a well deserved vacation- after all- this announcement was shortly after Midpoint attempted to claim our throne and we pushed them back, Im sure the stress was finally getting to her.

After the announcement of our Queendom- the first thing I would do would be to host a harvest festival- to show off Londo's exports and as a friendly competition for the rest of Meranthe to engage in. If I recall Ms Montelione of Gloomlight won with her fabulous pumpkin- many others coming close behind her."

"During this time of peace for our kingdom- I gained much free time and began to peruse higher understanding of medicines and healing magics. I still remember clearly- a notice upon our board of an individual that would fling open the gates of change for me- and make me into the woman I am today.

Expressing my interest in this flier I found- a few weeks later a centuries old drakanite would roll into my clinic within our prosperous city and announce herself as Sasha Cron.

She was the progenitor of a magic called Curia Aurora- something never before seen in Meranthe and something that held unlimited potential in the medical field. After her demonstration of its abilities- I humbly requested she bestow her knowledge upon me- Not being satisfied that I couldn't aid those on the frontline in war- and these magics would allow me to do just that and more. After proving I was worthy- showing her my well over a decade of medical experience at the time, she agreed to take me on as an apprentice as I began my journey to master these new arts.

Over time I would come to learn bits a pieces about her- her old lodgings where she lived in the tower- her love for the finer things and her excessive wine drinking~ which I couldent hold anyone in my field at fault for.

While in this training period Meranthe began to change around us slowly as murmurs of a demon invasion started creeping across the ears of the citizenry. Far on the other side of Meranthe- the Citadel Vanished in a spectacular explosion from one of the initial attacks from the demonic vanguard- raising the rest of the countries nations to high alert as we all prepared for imminent war."

"I would manage to grasp Curia fully at this time before the demons knocked on our doorstep- my teacher being slain by a ascended magical being known as Monster shortly after I graduated from being her apprentice- leaving me as the sole person of the art for some time until a book of hers was discovered by a woman named Yuka- far later in my life story.

With Curia Aurora in my grasp and war preparations made, the nations gathered as the demons set foot in Meranthe with thier armies- the many demon sages all lined up to face the united armies of Meranthe in a war for survival.

With our banners high and our Regal blues and soft ambers shining brilliantly- the United front of Londo's military force and an expert squad of highly trained magi from Fortune took up the defence of the kingdom of Londo.

With our city fortified and our training drilled into even our nonmagi soldiers- we managed to guide the majority of our citizens to safety as the assault upon our kingdom began. Massive pillars would drop from the sky and impale any who were unlucky enough to be caught unaware- buildings would shatter into splinters and toothpicks as the magi-force scrambled around the kingdom limits to aid the citizenry of the horrors that were being inflicted upon us by one being.

Termina, the demon Sage of Ruin.

We never stood a chance... even with the preparations, the combined military might of Fortune and Londo- we were swatted aside and made a mockery of. Even when it looked like we might make it through to another day- Termina released several powerful beams of oppressive death magics- Striking us head on.

What happened in that moment was a blur. one of Fortunes own pulled out an artifact that managed to save them- but Levi and I were on the path for one of the beams- Just as Levi took the full brunt of the imperfects magics- his visage encapsulated in white- my sister Aria rushed in from the outskirts of the city and pushed me out of the way at the last second- her voice echoing to me in the winds as the two most important people to me in my life were erased, soul and all."

"The days, weeks and months after that fight were not my proudest. Having seen the corpses of my people- my kingdom ablaze in the fires of ruin- my sanity and faith snapped. In denial of the events that happened I roamed the heaved cobblework- dragging the bodies I found into piles- all the while making crude facsimiles of my past lover all over my kingdom- talking to him like he was still there by my side.

How could Jiuweihu allow such a thing to happen to her faithful I thought? she was our goddess after all, did she not care for the people of Meranthe? did only Sheng receive her gaze? These questions and many more danced across my mind as hooded figures would drop by and offer aid, goading and humoring my insanity, playing along the part as a 'friend' in the sea of death and rot that surrounded me.

"After many months- the dust settling in other nations- I would start to get visitors in my dreams. Some would repeat back the acts done to Londo, others would sooth me and stand by my side- allowing me to recall the fond memories of a kingdom that once was- and out of respect and thier desires- I wont name them here. 

But a particular group stood out to me the most- one not only offering family but a purpose once again. Having lost it all- with nigh but a child saved by my hand maidens- I departed the lands of Meranthe and arrived in hel.

The land of ambition and sin."

"Their offer was irresistible, the teacher I mentioned? Sasha? apparently she was a great friend of a powerful entity- also known as a primordial. And this primordial happened to rule over a wing of this large spanning castle called Mornith- I was told I could see her once again and be reunited... and being as broken as I was, I accepted without second thought. After all there was naught much else to lose- atleast that was what I thought."

Melione Hiraeth

"The primordial of greed and ambition, clad in blacks and precious metals- her faithful companion Bastis forever at her side would greet me on the other side of the realms- alongside the spirit of my teacher- a witch and a revelation. The progenitor of one of the most potent healing magics was also one of the most despised beings that all the faiths preached hate about- and I couldn't care less.

Without strings attached or even a request of me, Melione granted me audience and closure with someone I thought long lost and gained a friend in the process. If someone was willing to do something so grand with naught much else to offer in return- I saw no folly in joining their Society.

Given the choice to return back to Meranthe with just this interaction- or to head Melione's grand plan of forming the first White witches- I gladly agreed to help her along- after all, I wasn't told to give up my tenants nor was I forced to do anything I didn't want to. Given succor and sanctuary, I would pull back from the realm of Meranthe to recover from my traumas as I raised my little ones and set up a home for myself in Arcadia.

"But nows the time to take a break for now, my wife is giving me a side eye as I write positively about a primordial of Hel again, I fear she's going to slap the quill out of my hand and tear up the parchment and ruin all my hard work- and I don't have the memory to recall all that I wrote.

The next time I get the chance- Ill cover the members of the society, my role in Arcadia and several other smaller projects I had underway during my time in Hel"