Volume Two: The Prince’s Justice
It was during the war’s most desperate throes that the Heavenly Son was born. As the brisk winds of winter billowed against the Heavenly Argonian army’s camp set on the snow-capped summit of Mt. Leuaionorus, so too did the foreign powers encroach upon the mountain’s base trying to freeze our forefathers with their siege. When all hope appeared bleak, a celestial osprey with vibrant teal feathers and emerald eyes descended from the heavens to perch on the Heavenly Founder’s tent.
When the Heavenly Founder was informed of this auspicious sign, he cautiously approached the celestial osprey. The osprey made no move to flee and even seemed to beckon him forward with the sway of his beak. The Heavenly Founder reached the divine bird and laying his hand on its crown, he was shocked to hear a voice.
“Divine Argus, Greatest Amongst Men and Rightful Ruler Under Heaven, you alone have strength enough to approach me and spirit enough to hear my blessings. I am an emissary of the Water Goddess, Pourer of the Constellations, sent to portend the beginning of your Royal lineage. Tonight, a Prince will be born to you, who will serve this land when you have finished. Have faith! With him by your side, the war will be won!”
The Heavenly Father was stunned by the miracle, but in his humility he protested. “There must be some mistake. The Goddess could not have chosen me to rule under the heavens. I am but a simple chief from a small tribe on the verge of extinction. My wife is not even pregnant. How can a son be born to me under such circumstances? There must be someone else.”
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The celestial osprey gave no response. With a puff of his feathers, he lurched from the tent and back into the heavens. When his men asked what had happened, the Heavenly Founder could not find the words.
That day the Heavenly Mother’s stomach began to swell with inexplicable speed. While his fellow soldiers were downtrodden at the bloating, thinking it a sign of her starvation and coming death, the Heavenly Founder recalled the osprey’s prediction and remained calm. Still as his wife’s belly grew larger and larger, he could not help but feel anxious.
Early the next morning, the camp awoke in shock as the sun overhead was obstructed. The fortunetellers announced that the eclipse foretold a new era. When the Heavenly Founder rose, he found his wife in anguish. Calling found her to be in the midst of childbirth. For hours they toiled, until finally, the Heavenly Son was born.
Above them, the eclipse ended and the world was washed in the heat of sunlight. The frost of the season melted away in an instant and all returned to warm spring. Two rainbows stretched across the sky above the mountaintop. When the Heavenly Father presented the Heavenly Son to his people, the rainbows coalesced into a blinding light. When all looked up to where they had been, they found a new star that shined bright through both day and night.
Excerpt from the Official History of the Heavenly Father