The World of Eclipseborn
Cosmology, Four Corners, and Sacred Sites
Solus & Luna
Before time, two consciousnesses existed in eternal solitude—aware of each other but forever unable to touch. Rather than endure eternity apart, they chose to dissolve themselves completely. From their dissolution came time, change, and the possibility of connection woven into reality itself.
"I would rather cease to exist as myself than exist forever unable to know you."
Ashara
The word that defines the universe's nature: the choice to reach across impossible divides. It's not simply "unity" but the active decision to connect, to dissolve the barriers that separate.
Ashara is why rivers have two banks. Why breath requires inhale and exhale. Why nothing thrives in complete isolation.
Integration
The practice of honoring difference while choosing connection. Day doesn't become night. Fire doesn't become water. They remain what they are—and that's precisely the point.
Integration isn't about becoming the same. It's about remaining distinct while choosing to connect anyway.
The First Eclipse
When Solus and Luna finally touched—dissolving their individual existence to create something new—the universe erupted into being. Time began. Change became possible. And woven into the fabric of reality itself was the pattern of their choice: that connection is worth any cost.
This moment is called the First Eclipse—when sun and moon overlapped, and from their overlap came everything that exists. Every eclipse since then is a remembrance. Every time light and shadow meet, the universe recalls its own creation.
Fire still burned. Water still flowed. Some truths do not require human belief to remain true.
— The Ages of Light