STAR WARS
the garden of forking paths

❝ this love, born betwixt and between requiems and symphonies.  ❞

some say the world
will end in fire, some say in ice.
from what i've tasted of desire
i hold with those who favor fire.
but if it had to perish twice,
i think i know enough of hate
to say that for destruction ice
is also great and would suffice.

—fire & ice, robert frost

━━

i would have shattered the stars,
set fire to the cosmos,
cast all creation to eternal damnation
for my love. did you not know,
beloved hellene, how my soul burned?

—jerah's lament

━━

SINCE THE DAWN OF ages, the mystifying force of love had been hailed the cynosure of the arts; poets and lyricists bled sonnets and balladries in its name, daring to dream their own creation might epitomize even a wisp of the gods' greatest blessing. But love, in all it's beauty and blinding glory, could not evade tragedy's dark pall, and history knew no greater tragedy than the primordial rise and fall of HELLENE and JERAH.

A love most forbidden—the deity of night and a mortal daughter of aurora entwined—sought the freedom to shine. To exist. He swore a solemn oath to find a way, and IN HIS GARDEN OF FORKING PATHS, the shadow of death led him astray. Infernal whispers—perfect lies adorned with diamonds and gold—took form as iron shackles, guiding him along the path of chaos and strife, of ruination and warfare over a future bright. Amidst a sea of flora in decay, deeper into the darkness he fell.

No more than A PUPPET ON A STRING, Jerah rose to challenge the Divine, athirst for power and rebellion and damnation masquerading as love; Hellene knew her angel had fallen, lost to the depths of his sin. With her fruitless intervention, her attempt to resurrect peace, the fate's design had been etched: darkness prevailed and light expired—NIGHT and DAY had fallen at the hands of DEATH.

Hellene's spirit ascended to join with the sun, the guardian of golden glory evermore, and the moon became Jerah's eternal prison; two lovers severed, drifting amidst the cosmic void, DESOLATE AND FOREVER LOST. Though they shared the same sky, they were a thousand stars apart; the sun and moon existed just the same—harbingers of night and day—but never at once. NEVER TOGETHER.

Their love was poisoned by hate, cast in darkest shadow—two hearts of fire and ice returned to dust—AND THEIRS WOULD NOT BE THE LAST.

━━

fire and ice,
sun and moon,
day and night,
destiny and doom;
all will rise anew.

—rebirth

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SHE IS FIRE. SHE IS THE SUN. A daughter of the dawn, a beauty fair kissed to life by wraiths of starlight and golden air. A child of the Crown, born of the sun and blessed by divines, who built loyalty and love on unshakable ground; in life and in death, both will forever remain. A heart deep as oceans—one that would traverse the shadows, face all fears, cross stars and storms for friend and stranger alike. A soul of many colors, a kaleidoscopic light never meant to shine; a daughter of the sun is to be seen and never heard, they whispered, remember your place. This is Leyarra Solntsé: solar veined, ocean heart, prism soul. SHE IS LIGHT.

HE IS ICE. HE IS THE MOON. A dream-weaver who built as many castles in the air as stars in the aether, who rose to defy all odds and reach the unattainable. A lionheart so put upon by those he wholly surrendered life and limb to serve, only to ascend far beyond their harsh bonds, lauded as a hero of the ages. A fruit of ancient prophecy, the chosen one fated to return balance where it had been lost. A ray of hope in war-torn gloom, immortalized for all time as the Hero With No Fear; what a cruel twist of irony it was that in his heart of hearts, he was anything but. This is Anakin Skywalker: phoenix bright, fear confined, savior prophesied. HE IS DARKNESS.

THIS IS HIS FEAR. Every night, the future yet to pass came in haunting echoes and two roads diverged. IN THE LIGHT, a field of wildflowers agleam in perfect light; a melody of cherubic laughter carried like petals upon midsummer zephyrs; his beloved crowned in sun-fire splendor, with sweet honey in her breath and incandescent life in her eyes. IN THE DARK, a flare of inferno rippling against the black mass of night; a kindling of darkness rising to snuff out the light; a final breath splintering the silence, and his beloved was lost to plumes of smoke and sable.

THIS IS THEIR GARDEN OF FORKING PATHS. The path was veiled. There was no clarity. There was nothing but a crossroads between light and dark, salvation and damnation, rapture and despair. Two roads diverged before him, and whichever path the future would inevitably trail rested upon his shoulders alone—upon the choices that he, in time, would be forced to make. Be it life or death, only you can change what lies ahead, and he swore a solemn oath to do just that. To evade the future bleak, rife with SHADOW, LOSS, and DESOLATION. But, as Jerah's rebirth would soon discover, the steps one takes to avoid destiny will often lead them right to its door.

THIS IS THE REBIRTH OF HELLENE AND JERAH. She is the sun to his moon, the day to his night. He is the ice to her fire, the darkness to her light. But above all, she is his DESTINY and he is her DOOM.

or in which anakin skywalker sees
two futures—one of wildflowers and light,
and the other cast in the shadow of death—
and in trying to stop the unthinkable,
he becomes its catalyst.

ANAKIN SKYWALKER
/ 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝔧𝔢𝔯𝔞𝔥,
𝘥𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘯. /
*
moonlight kissed.

❝ you sweep across the heavens, an extinction
grade event, and carve your name upon the
gates where angels fear to tread. ❞

— cemetery bloom, parkway drive

LEYARRA SOLNTSÉ
/ 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝔥𝔢𝔩𝔩𝔢𝔫𝔢,
𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘯. /
*
sun-born.

❝ there is something moon soaked and dawn
flavored about her. something kissed by the
wild and loved by lightning. she looks like the
sun as it rises after kissing the dawn. ❞

— artemis girl, nikita gil

❝ she is the sunlight

and the sun is gone. ❞

ACT I:
BENEATH THE
AMBER MOON

ACT II:
STARLIGHT
SONATA

ACT III:
DEATH OF
THE SUN

the 𝐋𝐄𝐆𝐀𝐂𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐔𝐍 series

𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙂𝘼𝙍𝘿𝙀𝙉 𝙊𝙁 𝙁𝙊𝙍𝙆𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙋𝘼𝙏𝙃𝙎 ━━ anakin skywalker x leyarra solntsé

𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙍𝙀𝙌𝙐𝙄𝙀𝙈 𝙊𝙁 𝘼 𝙈𝙊𝙐𝙍𝙉𝙁𝙐𝙇 𝙃𝙊𝙇𝙇𝙊𝙒 ━━ darth vader x [redacted],  luke skywalker x yara galen

𝙍𝙀𝙑𝙄𝙑𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙀𝘿𝙀𝙉 | AU ━━ anakin skywalker x leyarra solntsé

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𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐃 | 05/17/2020
𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐃 | to be determined.
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DISCLAIMER | I do not own Star Wars, Final Fantasy and whatever other things I use for fun little references in this story, nor would I ever claim to. All rights go to the content creators. I do, however, own the characters I create and I 100% own Isol Kyem—that god forsaken planet took two years to make it here lol. 🤷‍♀️

WARNINGS | Well, this IS an Anakin Skywalker fic and we all know what happens to him, so obviously this is not going to be a happy ending. These people see some crap over the course of this story, okay? Content warnings include sexism, patriarchal society/government, miscarriage, infertility struggles, major character deaths, deteriorating mental health all around, mental break downs, fictional religion, politics, war, canon-typical violence, sexual innuendos, unhealthy relationships, and probably a bunch of other things I'll add as this story goes along.

DEDICATIONS | -CELESTIELS monaghanboyy -pendragons MissHiraeth98

AUTHOR'S NOTE | She is once again revamped and ready to go!!! Y'all don't even understand how hyped I am about the addition of Hellene and Jerah; I've always made Anakin symbolic with the moon because that's always made more sense to me—and Leya's bloodline has always been said to quite literally be born from the sun, so giving her moon symbolism would have made zero sense—but I wanted there to be more to it than just that, and so I came up with mythology for the sun and moon that's supposed to foreshadow Skolntsé's entire downfall. Jerah rising up against the god of creation and all other deities (Anakin destroying the Jedi Order) and his father—the god of death and hell—guiding him along this destructive path through trickery (Palpatine grooming Anakin since age 9) are the only two mirrors I'll share right now simply because I am proud af of this. Shout out to monaghanboyy for helping me fit the missing pieces together!!!

Also, I am merely testing out the name Leyarra (Lay-ahra) to see if I like it better than Maleya so if there ends up being a switch again, it's because I decided I didn't like it as much lol. Let me know what y'all think and give my indecisive ass some help.

ENJOY, MY FRIENDS!