Long before the Guardian Realm was fully formed, when the Moonstone Academy had not yet risen from the ether of dreams and starlight, there existed a time of quiet unrest within the Lunar Kingdom.
It was a time when magic flowed more freely, raw and untamed, answering more to intent than discipline. In these early days, a child was destined to be born—a child whose birth was so consequential, so steeped in prophecy, that the entire realm seemed to shudder in anticipation.
To protect the Queen and the unborn prince from the many threats that came with such a fate—spies, curses, blood rituals, and twisted prophecies whispered through the corridors of rival courts—the royal seers decreed that the birth must not occur within the palace nor in any known location.
Instead, a sacred birthing rite was prepared deep in the Veiled Cradle, a cave hidden in a mountainous region shrouded by thick lunar mist, known only to a few.
