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Sun and moon au

Magic had one of two origins: Light that came from the sun, and dark that came from the moon, all being connected to an animal of the same origin. Over the centuries changes happened among mages, lightners claiming that moonborns were unstable and their magic being formed from darkness made it evil, and as a result, banned all dark magic use, exiling, imprisoning and even executing them to take away or at least lessen the evil in the world.

Janus was a curious child and magic was his passion. He tried and wanted to learn all he could about his abilities and the extent of what they could do, but he soon realised that he would have to hide away his dark magic most of his life and suppress it for as long as he could to live like a normal citizen. It didn't take long to realise he couldn't simply hide it away. As his magic built up inside, scales appeared on his skin, his connection slowly taking over. Desperate for a solution, he ran into the woods and, after so long, he let his magic flow freely. 

After so long he felt happy.

The scales didn't vanish, but stopped their spreading. For years he kept sneaking away to the woods to let go of excess magic and later to write his magical discoveries in journals, that was until he had two sons : Roman and Remus. 

Roman was born with powerful magic, and his father took the job as royal mortician as a way to hide in plain sight of lighteners, spending most of the time in the castle along with Roman and his brother. He would explain to them that their magic had to be hidden from everyone else, but when they were alone he'd teach them everything he learned throughout the years, from spells to potions. He'd promise that one day they wouldn't have to hide anymore. Perhaps more to himself than his sons.

He'd spend long hours focusing on Roman, afraid that having so much power would lead them to get caught, his magic was so powerful that even a day without liberating magic made scales grow on him.

But so distracted he didn't consider how his curiosity would've passed down to his other son.

One day he was woken up by guards who held Remus by the arm and soon Janus got lead to the center of the town, charged for being a moonborn. The last thing he saw was one son crying in the front row of a crowd, and the other close to the gates avoiding his gaze. Then black.

Roman took his father's writing and made himself a home in the forest, just far enough away from the kingdom to not be found, and far enough from the one who let it happen.

He spent his days studying the recipes and spells his father wrote in his journals. Life was lonely, only having the company of the forest, until a black cat showed up on his doorstep.

For a long while he vented his frustrations at the cat, who one day offered to help him take revenge on lighteners. 

He introduced himself as the moon spirit, told him how moonborns hiding and being killed affected him as well. The moon spirit, Virgil, explained that the job of spirits was to bring balance and guide magic to an era of peace, but as he became too weak to do anything he stayed in the forest mostly in his animal form waiting for an opportunity. Told him about the sun spirit that was still young and would likely be crowned king when he grew older.

And as time went by, what was at first simply an ally became a friend. He kept studying his father's writings, but now talks full of banter and snarky remarks had a part in his days, and in those moments he could almost forget about all of the things that led up to that moment. 

Patton was a bright child. He understood his duties as sun spirit and planned on making things right when he could. As a young adult he was crowned King, his first act being to stop the ban on dark magic. The moonborns were suspicious and the lightners disliked the change, but he knew that with time things would come together. 

He gave the royal guard duties to a moonborn named Remus, and spent a long time changing only small things around the kingdom. It was a lonely job, and most of his company was an owl that always landed on the balcony of the castle. It took him weeks of sensing faint magic nearby to realize it was a moonborn mage taken over by his connection. He was able to revert him back to his human form. The owl, Logan, thanked him and vowed to be of service of any kind should the king need it, becoming the royal advisor not long after.

The king had his enemies, but as Logan found out they weren't limited to those who lived in the kingdom, as a trip to the forest informed him.

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