KITERA - He Who Drinks the Blood of the Saintess
HOLY ADVENTURE MONOGATARI
In the distant past, starlight was the breath of the gods.
That breath nourished sea and land alike, washed away the boundary between gods and humankind,
and sewed all forms of life into a single, indivisible whole.
As the ages passed, the gods concealed the stars and departed.
Those left behind, striving to fill the void, turned upon one another-
clashing blades through war and greed.
Thus the world sealed the Path of the Stars,
and though the night sky still shines,
no one any longer understands the meaning of its light.
-And now.
Swallowed by a raging tempest,
a boy awakens inside a small coffin.
Unable even to recall his own name,
he sets foot upon an unfamiliar shore.
Within his eyes, the memories of ancient stars lie silently asleep,
and their faint radiance tells him that
the journey leading to the world has not yet come to an end.
Along the course of an unfathomable adventure,
the boy will, little by little, reopen the sealed Path of the Stars.
And at last-
Together with the lost legends of a vanished age,
with the hidden truth of the one who drank the blood of the Saintess,
the songs of stars long believed extinguished awaken once more,
calling forth the forgotten names of heaven and earth.
Toward the abyss.
And toward the stars-
He takes his first step.