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The Orphan of the Sun
Jul. 16th, 2023 10:06 amI've been reading Italio Calvino's Italian Folktales as translated by George Martin, and having a great time of it. Seeing a story called "The Daughter of the Sun", I could not help but think of Jasper Irinka and the Chuubo's cast, so here's an adaptation that could serve as an alternate origin story for her.
Once upon a time, but not so very long ago, a king and queen ruled a bleak and silvered land. Feeling age creep upon them, they were joyous to finally become blessed with a son of their own. They called in the astrologers to learn what fate might lie in wait for their child. After divining patterns in the falling stars, the astrologers said the prince was destined to be loved by the Sun before he was twenty and to have a daughter therewith. The king and queen were quite distraught to learn their son would have a child with the Sun who never stays in one place long, shares her favor with noble and poor alike, and can never marry. To ward off such a fate, they had a well dug so deep that not even the Sun herself could shine into the bottom of it. The baby boy was left at the bottom of the well with his caretaker, there to remain until his twentieth birthday, without once seeing the Sun or being glimpsed by her.
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Once upon a time, but not so very long ago, a king and queen ruled a bleak and silvered land. Feeling age creep upon them, they were joyous to finally become blessed with a son of their own. They called in the astrologers to learn what fate might lie in wait for their child. After divining patterns in the falling stars, the astrologers said the prince was destined to be loved by the Sun before he was twenty and to have a daughter therewith. The king and queen were quite distraught to learn their son would have a child with the Sun who never stays in one place long, shares her favor with noble and poor alike, and can never marry. To ward off such a fate, they had a well dug so deep that not even the Sun herself could shine into the bottom of it. The baby boy was left at the bottom of the well with his caretaker, there to remain until his twentieth birthday, without once seeing the Sun or being glimpsed by her.
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