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Bones of the Moon God

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The world is a harsh tapestry of blood-oaths and divine malice, where tribes bend the knee to gods who remember every sin. Into this world, a single boy is born wrong. Ahayue is the Dawnfire Tribe’s shame. With his frail frame, twisted bones, and perpetual pain, he is the whispered punishment from the Moon God—an indelible mark of misfortune. Mocked and shunned, he is an outcast who refuses to surrender his last defiant spark: the silent, burning belief that his life is meant for more than an early grave. When the traditional Ceremony of Passage turns to cruel humiliation on his sixteenth birthday, Ahayue makes his choice: exile. He trades the tribe's hollow safety for the genuine danger of the wild—a realm of ancient forests, collapsed temples, and spirits hungry for purpose. But his journey is not just one of escape. Each step is a confrontation with the ancient truths of his world: that curses can be masks for power, and that the gods themselves are often the real betrayers. As he faces each trial, Ahayue begins to transform, his body violently remaking itself piece by painful piece. The curse is breaking—but the agonizing question is whether it's setting him free, or simply unleashing the apocalypse he was born to prevent. “He was born a broken child. He will die either a savior, or a god of ruin.”
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Chapter 1 - Prologue: The Moon’s Curse

Long before the tribes carved fire from stone and claimed the rivers as their own, there was only the sky, the earth, and the gods who walked between them.

The Moon God, Yurae, gave light to the night, a silver shield against the endless dark. To his chosen bloodline, he entrusted a gift — bones unbreakable, bodies swift, spirits enduring. These were the Children of Yurae, guardians of the balance between men and gods.

But men are seldom content with gifts. One among them, a chieftain whose name is forbidden to be spoken, reached higher than his station. He sought the Flame of Day, fire belonging only to the Sun. With it, he believed he could free his people from divine law.

The Moon God punished this betrayal with a curse:"Every few generations, one shall be born twisted. His body will break upon itself. His spirit will carry chains. And through him, the fate of tribes will turn — to healing, or to ruin."

Thus the tribes learned to fear the Cursed Child (CC), an omen that the gods had not forgiven.