Quest 3: Restore the Mooncrystals
Escape to Illuminate Part 6
The Moonwolf was pulled upward in the beam of light that blasted from the Kusama tree to space: A moonbeam reflected back to its home.
As the Moonwolf was pulled skyward in the moonbeam the Sungod knew his window to intervene was closing.
In his final attempt to thwart the Champions from completing their mission, the Sungod used his power to shift the sun, which he has already pulled as close to the earth as he dared, into the path of the moonbeam. The heat of the fiery globe disrupted the Moonbeam and the Moonwolf fell toward the scorching hot earth. The Moonwolf called the phoenix whose fate was intertwined with his own.
It shot out of the sky, its wings spread under the Moonwolf to slow his fall. The Sungod shrieked with rage and moved to strike the Moonwolf.
The Moonwolf’s life memories flashed before his eyes. He recalled the day that he awoke in the rubble and his howl released the river and the moon from the mountain returning life to the valley.
The spirit of the phoenix had been with him as long as he remembered, even when he was sucked into the whirlpool that had taken him deep under the lake where he was held in suspended animation for years. He had awakened when the Moonwarriors had begun their Quests, lying in wait until it was time for his final job.
The fire of the phoenix was no protection from the Sungod’s attempts to smash the Moonwolf. His first swing missed narrowly, but his second would not.
A shriek was heard and the hum of energy continued to be emitted from the people of Moonriver Valley, still connected and chanting. In the distance a small shape appeared, growing larger in its approach.
It was a dragon.
The Moonwarrior on the surface watched as the never-sleeping dragon entered the searing scene. The rage in the dragon’s eyes was directed toward the Sungod who had once enslaved him to guard the stolen Golden Artifact.
The dragon attacked the Sungod, breaking his menacing focus which pulled the sun out of the Moonbeam, arresting the Moonwolf’s fall. He began rising again in the Moonbeam, the phoenix still flying with him.
The Moonwarrior on the ground called for the bravest Champions to join him. His plan was to protect the Moonwolf as he led the community to the Mooncity at the other end of the moonbeam.
100 of the strongest Moonwarriors came to the Kusama tree, climbing up through its roots and entering the moonbeam from the Moontunnels. They took the Mooncrystals from the branches of the Kusama tree as they passed into the beam and drew their swords around the Moonwolf inside the Moonbeam.
The dragon attacked the Sungod with such ferocity that he was forced to flee and the Sun returned to its normal distance from the Valley. He joined the phoenix in flight, circling the Moonbeam.
Together with the 100 Chosen Champions, the Moonwolf led the asset to the Mooncity to connect the earth and all the planets so that the Moonriver people could reunite with their ancestors in the stars.
