Trisha was originally goddess Sappia, the Bohol deity of mercy.

From Bohol came a story which tried to explain why rice is white. However, there is a variety of red rice which the same myth also attempted to explain. A long, long time ago, a famine gripped Bohol. The people begged Sappia, the goddess of mercy, to give them food. Sappia took pity on them and came down to earth. All land was brown and sear. A long drought had left the land parched. Only the most hardy weeds survived the long, rainless months, and people were already dying of hunger.

Her heart welling with compassion, Sappia bared her bosom and squeezed a drop of milk into each barren ear of the weeds. She emptied one breast, and then the other, but alas! There were still a few more weeds with empty ears. She implored heaven to give her more milk, but when she pressed her breast again, blood and not milk dropped into the remaining sterile ears. Having given her all to the plants, she bent low and whispered:

“Oh, plants! Bear thou in abundance, and feed my hungry people.”

So saying, Sappia vanished from the earth. She returned to heaven where everyday she watched the useless weeds grow heavy with grain. She watched as the hungry gathered the ripened stalks. When the people pounded the harvest, most of the grains were milky white. These came from the ears which Sappia filled with her milk. Some grains were red, and these came from those which were filled with her blood. But red or white, the people cooked the grains, found them good to eat, and best of all, these nourished them back to strength. They saved some of the seeds which they planted when the rains came soon after. The seeds gave a bountiful harvest as the first. From her heavenly home Sappia rejoiced with the people. This life-giving grain which was her gift into the famine-stricken people of Bohol is what we now know as rice.

This was the very first tale she had read when studying about rice history for IRRI entrance exams. Sappia couldn't completely abandon her people, who she deeply loved and so, she returned back to them, disguising herself as Trisha.

And since, her powers were rooted to plants, this world's magic ran with plants. Some of the rare trees had magic in them. Their magic was of three types :

1. Trees who healed (these trees emitted light as a proof of their powers)
2. Trees who controlled or produced winds (these had crystals emitting light scattered around their roots as their identity)
3. Trees who induced/produced lightning (it looked like a dried tree with sparks around it)

Mages when acknowledged by Trisha got a staff made of the holy tree and a sapling of magical tree to keep their magic alive, as a keepsake. Mages controlled their power by the same staff. How the staff would look was decided by the level of magic and a mage' devotion towards their magic. Althea was originally a healer with the power of pink healing tree, which was kept inside her house' basement. She was also the master of 'Moon staff'. Only two people of this generation had it.

Althea, after realizing that the plot was going to start soon, immediately started working on her magic as it was the only thing which was going to keep her alive. Strangely, her staff recognized her and she was able to use her healing magic without much strains. All that was left was to prepare for the upcoming plot. And for that, she was going to look for another 'Moon staff' user. She didn't know who he was or if he'd know anything but, she could always find the answers by looking for them. She was determined to change her fate and live happily for a very long time.

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So, I had a rough idea on how the trees would look.

Their magic was of three types :

1. Trees who healed (these trees emitted light as a proof of their powers)

2. Trees who controlled or produced winds (these had crystals emitting light scattered around their roots as their identity)

3. Trees who induced/produced lightning (it looked like a dried tree with sparks around it)

Althea's pink tree

Her Moon Staff :

And about Goddess Sappia, I don't really know how much of this information is true, but, I'm going to use that information for my story.

And, as you can guess already, we qualified Mortal Realm and now, we've entered Beast Realm. Now, I'll have to write 10k words till 4th January. If we qualify, we will be able to ascend the Heavenly Realm. Also, the original plot is going to start soon.

What was written in the original novel? And what's the difference in Adriana's version? Let's find out...

Thank you for reading so far.