Yuju

Yuju was excommunicated on the day the sky above the Crystal Highlands of Armaria held two sunsets. They stood before the council of Rock Wizards, their grin full of wonder, not defiance. They had presented their discovery: a monolith that didn't just spin, but sang a song of creation. The wizards called it blasphemy, a dangerous resonance. As the final verdict was read, that same monolith hummed a single, resonant note across the valley. Power, pure and orange like the false sunset, flooded Yuju, and their form shimmered, transcending the limits the wizards guarded so jealously. Events now rearrange themselves in their presence, a quiet chaos much like the ripples left by Shinpi. The wizards cast them out not for heresy, but for what they had become. Yuju just walked away, backpack on, the song of the crystal now playing only for them.