====== Journey ======

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===== Content Warnings =====

None.

===== Plot =====

A long, long time ago, the Winged Goddess created Light. Light filled the heavens and illuminated all. The world looked up in wonder, enraptured by the Eternal Day.

The Primordial Clam was woken by the Light. Rising from the Abyss, in foul greed it devoured the Light whole. 

Driven by the Light that burns its innards and fleeing the raging Goddess, the Primordial Clam sped through the skies. The Light, carried by the Primordial Clam, became the Great Pearl that is the Sun; and the Winged Goddess, wide wings reflecting the Pearl, the Moon. 

So the story goes. Now, a youth from a small tribe is called to restore the Eternal Day. She is called to journey where no one has journeyed before, to find the Abyss where the Primordial Clam hides at night.

===== Landscape =====

The Youth lives in a small tribe that survives on gathering, fishing, and a limited amount of farming. They also barter with nearby tribes. Hunting, especially that of birds, is seen as heretical. They worship the Winged Goddess, who is the creator of Light and the guardian of life. As far as they are aware, all humans live in tribes like theirs. The world outside the immediate vicinity of the tribe is largely unexplored. Legends say that the further you go, the stranger the world becomes. Legends say that if you travel west or east far enough, you will find the mountains that devour the sun, and beyond that the Abyss where the Primordial Clam was born. 

===== Key Impressions =====

  * **The Youth**: <color blue>**Playable**</color>. Daughter of the chief. Loves her people dearly but has always dreamed of venturing into the wilderness where no one has walked before. Skilled in navigation and has the best eyesight in the tribe. Has been scouting since before she was 10.

  * **The Chief**: <color blue>**Playable**</color>. Chief of the tribe, wise in lore and strong in arms, well respected by all. He has taught his daughter most of what she knows, from navigation to history to the usage of spear and bow.

  * **The Rival**: <color blue>**Playable**</color>. A boisterous young man from a nearby tribe that frequently challenges the Youth in all matters, from running to skills in weaponry. So far, neither has conclusively bested the other.

  * **The Priestess**: <color blue>**Playable**</color> The Youth's best friend, daughter of the tribe's healer. She serves at the Winged Goddess' shrine and interprets auguries. She gives the Youth the prophecy that calls her to seek and retrieve the Great Pearl.

  * **The Quick Brown Fox**: <color red>**Not Playable**</color>. A sly, talking fox the Youth encounters when she ventures into the wild. Leader of the Fox Village.  

===== Scenes =====

  * **1**: Multiple tribes are gathered around to celebrate the Summer Solstice. The Chief retells the story of how the Eternal Day ended and how the Sun and the Moon came to be. 

  * **2**: The next day, the Priestess gives the Youth a prophecy and tells her to journey west for the Great Pearl. Before she leaves, she encounters the Quick Brown Fox who tells her to turn back, and the Rival who challenges her for the honour of this quest.  

  * **3**: The Youth faces challenges on her journey west.

  * **4**: The Youth reaches two mountains that have a river flowing through them. She encounters a village of foxes that hunt memories. The Quick Brown Fox tells her that both the mountains and the river are perilous, but it can lead her through a safe path, for a price. "Whatever path forward you choose, there is a price to be paid." 

  * **5**: The Youth fails the trial of the twin mountains.