Azteca has an interesting history. The Aztecosaurs were actually the first residents of the Spiral, who lived before the Sundering, when The Spiral had been a whole world, before the mad war between the Great Titan Lords that destroyed it. Bartleby sang a song that rescued the various pieces of the world and created The Spiral of Worlds from it. The ancestors of the Aztecosaurs learned that song and took it with them as they settled on one of the worlds, Azteca.
Bartleby didn't create the Spiral alone. He had the aid of Lady Nightstar, known to all as Grandmother Raven, who gave the great tree his two eyes.
However... I have learned that when one woman is called Grandmother, there is a man called Grandfather, and I have seen Grandmother Raven's Grandfatherly counterpart...
His name?
Grandfather Spider.
In Krokotopia, spiders prowl the Krokosphinx as heralds of the goddess of destiny, as their webs are said to be tools of fate.
In Aquila, tales are told of a woman called Arachne who challenged Athena Battlesight to a weaving competition and wove a very lurid picture of her defeating Poseidon. This angered Athena who cursed her to become an insect with many legs, forced to spin cobwebs in dark dank corners. Of course, with the Aquilan Eagles and their drunken storetelling, it's hard to separate truth and fiction. But, if my suhubi Sierra is to be believed after her adventure obtaining Medusa and the tale her school's tree, Ivan, told her, Mma Battlesight is one Immortal you do not want to provoke with arrogant boasting about you being better than her.
In my homeland, Zafaria, artists worship a god called Anansi, who is said to be a mischief maker. Before Morganthe appeared, spiders were regarded as pests who caused trouble. Tales of Anansi were told by grandmothers to their grandchildren as fables to teach them a lesson about life. I had heard such several such tales from my daddy before he passed away.
At the end of each story, these words were spoken: "If yuh cyaan ketch Kwaku, yuh ketch him shut." It means "Brother Death always chases after Anansi to claim him." It means that the target of revenge or mischief will always be someone close to the target, nobody is safe. That is why I never try to get revenge when I am wronged, though the only wrongs I have suffered have been at the hands of another spider-lover, Morganthe. However, she is now...
Author Note: I paraphrased all of the above from Wikipedia. Please do not sue me.
But I am speaking too far in the future. All I will say now is that, just like Grandmother Raven is kind and good, Grandfather Spider was the exact opposite, cruel and evil. I saw him myself and knew this to be a true fact and now we are fighting to save The Spiral from him.
I have also learned much about Malistaire, more than any student of Ravenwood who remains in Wizard City will ever know. Poor Mma Dreadful... she had hoped to study under the same school as her parents, but alas, she will never get to see Malistaire Drake, for he is now late. I have visited his homeland and found it to be a place I had never expected Cyrus or his brother to be born in.
But that is yet another story. All you need to know right now is this:
- We found out who was responsible for Azteca's time of crisis.
- We saw the prophecy we had been hounded by come true in full force.
- We finally confronted Morganthe in a world oppressed by her dark magic.
- We unleashed an ancient evil.
- We graduated from Ravenwood and are now studying in a more advanced academy.
- We visited a place I had heard about from Catbeard but never expected to visit myself.
- We recovered the Eye of History Malistaire had stolen and returned it to Bartleby.
- And now we are fighting for our lives to rescue a good friend we had made.
Author's Note: Okay this is the last post for a while, but I have learned not to post entries without finishing them. :) Anyways, I know I spoiled a bit of the Third Story Arc but everyone who plays Wizard101 (and reads this blog for entertainment) already knows the story.
Also, I'll put in a couple of entries before the main event to detail Katie's progress.
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