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    The Valkor-Nava



    There are many reasons that the simple minds of the native tribes of Anima have come up with for the current state of the Broken Moon. Around ten miles away from the closest civilized town of Lovestead are beaches by the ocean inhabited by a less advanced tribe. They, too, have a cause for the moon’s broken form in their folklore, one more interesting than scientific theories of asteroids or lunar volcanoes. This tribe’s legend attributes it to the Grimm known as Valkor-Nava.

    As the legend goes, a man by the name of Valkor lived in that tribe in ancient times, a fisherman of that tribe, who was afflicted with the greatest incurable illness of all: love. He was in love with the Chieftain’s daughter, the princess of that tribe, named Undal. This princess was beloved by all the tribe, and naturally, Valkor had many competitors for her hand in marriage. Princess Undal, one day, had a dream. She dreamed that she wore a necklace of unparalleled beauty, which shone through the darkest night, hung on a chain of lucent pearls. This necklace was the very moon which hung in the evening sky with the stars as its pearls. She awoke and immediately told her father of her dream. The Chieftain, sensing an opportunity to finally rid his home of the persistent suitors, announced the path to being betrothed to his daughter. He announced that whoever could craft a necklace that would match his daughter’s dream necklace was eligible for her hand in marriage. Meanwhile, no suitor was to approach his home empty handed.

    Valkor shook his head in disdain; while other suitors thought to replicate the dream necklace with actual pearls, and diamonds or silver medallions from distant nations, he knew better. He understood how idealistic the princess was, and that when she meant a necklace made of the moon and stars, she truly meant the moon and stars. This was a woman who believed that anything was possible. He grew angry at the Chieftain for presenting this task, and he felt grief for himself, for no man could reach out his hand and grasp the moon and stars.

    As he contemplated in melancholy on the beach that night, he saw a bat flying in the air, with no limit or chain. He then saw a skinny snake on the beach swallow a turtle egg bigger than the size of its head. Wishing to the gods that he had both these abilities, he fell to his knees on the sand and fell asleep. Though he did not feel it, the ocean took him into its depths.

    The next day, in the wee hours of dawn, with the full moon still visible in the sky, a great roar awoke the entire tribe. A monstrous serpent with glistening red, black, and gold scales like a snake was rising from the ocean. It was truly massive, longer than forty rowboats, and thicker than fifteen palm trees tied together. Around its neck were crimson wings like bats, and it flew into the sky straight to the moon, with jaws bared wide. The princess cried in sorrow when she saw this; it looked like the serpent was intending to devour the moon. She implored the warriors of the tribe to protect their great sky-jewel and destroy that foul beast. When the beast, the embodiment of Valkor’s desire and greed heard these words, his heart broke and was filled with wrath. His skin flooded with black, and he turned into a Creature of Grimm; the world’s very first Creature of Grimm, according to his tribe’s folklore.

    Valkor changed his desire from wanting to drag down the moon for Princess Undal to destroying it. He spread the wings around his neck and soared faster and faster into the sky. The soldiers and warriors of the tribe pursued him, riding on the creature’s tail. In the morning sky, they did battle. A great many of the warriors that pursued Valkor died in the battle, and their bodies were cast into the stars to burn. Valkor grew angrier and angrier when he saw that the men whom he was fighting were the same suitors that had courted Princess Undal. One by one, he devoured them and tore their swords and shields apart. Only one warrior remained, hidden behind the corpse of one of her comrades. This one woman was the Chieftain’s wife, the princess’ mother.

    As Valkor turned to shred the moon to pieces, the warrior took her chance. As the creature was busy shattering the moon’s rocks, she took aim and hurled a spear deep into the back of the serpent’s neck, killing it immediately. Still writhing, it fell back to the earth, and was impaled onto a mountain. Its body melted and flooded the valley below with a black deluge and a poisonous fog. From then on, Creatures of Grimm would rise and appear from that fog for ever after.

    Returning to the earth, the princess’ mother landed softly as she dove into the ocean. The men and women of the tribe waited for ten minutes before she arose again. After making sure she was safe, the Chieftain asked why she had taken so long to surface. In reply, she set down a multitude of pearls she had gathered from clams in the ocean and one shard of the moon, shining above the pearls. She made a necklace from them and presented them to her daughter as a gift. From that day forward, the moon necklace became the tribe’s symbol of royalty, equivalent to a crown. From then on, as well, Grimm would come to terrorize the tribe and the rest of the world, born from the poisoned unrequited love that Valkor held in his heart. In exchange for a necklace of beauty, more evil had been unleashed into the world, all for the name of love.

    Many historians had argued whether this myth holds any water, as tribes cut off from the world seemed to have so many mythologies that differ, yet hold always the same element of one single Grimm being the forerunner of all other Grimm. They also argue about whether the necklace, now in custody of a history museum, was truly part of the moon. Some have speculated that it was made from a meteor that fell to earth. There is, however, one thing in the tale that all scholars could wholeheartedly agree on.

    The greatest evils are committed in the name of love.

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Because RT didn't release an episode of RWBY today, neither will TMoB. Sorry, too lazy, watching ExtraLife2016

Based on the Bakunawa, a mythical Filipino Leviathan that eats the moon.

Once again, Wallpaper size for your convenience.

Description

    The Valkor-Nava



    There are many reasons that the simple minds of the native tribes of Anima have come up with for the current state of the Broken Moon. Around ten miles away from the closest civilized town of Lovestead are beaches by the ocean inhabited by a less advanced tribe. They, too, have a cause for the moon’s broken form in their folklore, one more interesting than scientific theories of asteroids or lunar volcanoes. This tribe’s legend attributes it to the Grimm known as Valkor-Nava.

    As the legend goes, a man by the name of Valkor lived in that tribe in ancient times, a fisherman of that tribe, who was afflicted with the greatest incurable illness of all: love. He was in love with the Chieftain’s daughter, the princess of that tribe, named Undal. This princess was beloved by all the tribe, and naturally, Valkor had many competitors for her hand in marriage. Princess Undal, one day, had a dream. She dreamed that she wore a necklace of unparalleled beauty, which shone through the darkest night, hung on a chain of lucent pearls. This necklace was the very moon which hung in the evening sky with the stars as its pearls. She awoke and immediately told her father of her dream. The Chieftain, sensing an opportunity to finally rid his home of the persistent suitors, announced the path to being betrothed to his daughter. He announced that whoever could craft a necklace that would match his daughter’s dream necklace was eligible for her hand in marriage. Meanwhile, no suitor was to approach his home empty handed.

    Valkor shook his head in disdain; while other suitors thought to replicate the dream necklace with actual pearls, and diamonds or silver medallions from distant nations, he knew better. He understood how idealistic the princess was, and that when she meant a necklace made of the moon and stars, she truly meant the moon and stars. This was a woman who believed that anything was possible. He grew angry at the Chieftain for presenting this task, and he felt grief for himself, for no man could reach out his hand and grasp the moon and stars.

    As he contemplated in melancholy on the beach that night, he saw a bat flying in the air, with no limit or chain. He then saw a skinny snake on the beach swallow a turtle egg bigger than the size of its head. Wishing to the gods that he had both these abilities, he fell to his knees on the sand and fell asleep. Though he did not feel it, the ocean took him into its depths.

    The next day, in the wee hours of dawn, with the full moon still visible in the sky, a great roar awoke the entire tribe. A monstrous serpent with glistening red, black, and gold scales like a snake was rising from the ocean. It was truly massive, longer than forty rowboats, and thicker than fifteen palm trees tied together. Around its neck were crimson wings like bats, and it flew into the sky straight to the moon, with jaws bared wide. The princess cried in sorrow when she saw this; it looked like the serpent was intending to devour the moon. She implored the warriors of the tribe to protect their great sky-jewel and destroy that foul beast. When the beast, the embodiment of Valkor’s desire and greed heard these words, his heart broke and was filled with wrath. His skin flooded with black, and he turned into a Creature of Grimm; the world’s very first Creature of Grimm, according to his tribe’s folklore.

    Valkor changed his desire from wanting to drag down the moon for Princess Undal to destroying it. He spread the wings around his neck and soared faster and faster into the sky. The soldiers and warriors of the tribe pursued him, riding on the creature’s tail. In the morning sky, they did battle. A great many of the warriors that pursued Valkor died in the battle, and their bodies were cast into the stars to burn. Valkor grew angrier and angrier when he saw that the men whom he was fighting were the same suitors that had courted Princess Undal. One by one, he devoured them and tore their swords and shields apart. Only one warrior remained, hidden behind the corpse of one of her comrades. This one woman was the Chieftain’s wife, the princess’ mother.

    As Valkor turned to shred the moon to pieces, the warrior took her chance. As the creature was busy shattering the moon’s rocks, she took aim and hurled a spear deep into the back of the serpent’s neck, killing it immediately. Still writhing, it fell back to the earth, and was impaled onto a mountain. Its body melted and flooded the valley below with a black deluge and a poisonous fog. From then on, Creatures of Grimm would rise and appear from that fog for ever after.

    Returning to the earth, the princess’ mother landed softly as she dove into the ocean. The men and women of the tribe waited for ten minutes before she arose again. After making sure she was safe, the Chieftain asked why she had taken so long to surface. In reply, she set down a multitude of pearls she had gathered from clams in the ocean and one shard of the moon, shining above the pearls. She made a necklace from them and presented them to her daughter as a gift. From that day forward, the moon necklace became the tribe’s symbol of royalty, equivalent to a crown. From then on, as well, Grimm would come to terrorize the tribe and the rest of the world, born from the poisoned unrequited love that Valkor held in his heart. In exchange for a necklace of beauty, more evil had been unleashed into the world, all for the name of love.

    Many historians had argued whether this myth holds any water, as tribes cut off from the world seemed to have so many mythologies that differ, yet hold always the same element of one single Grimm being the forerunner of all other Grimm. They also argue about whether the necklace, now in custody of a history museum, was truly part of the moon. Some have speculated that it was made from a meteor that fell to earth. There is, however, one thing in the tale that all scholars could wholeheartedly agree on.

    The greatest evils are committed in the name of love.

_________________________________________________________________________

Because RT didn't release an episode of RWBY today, neither will TMoB. Sorry, too lazy, watching ExtraLife2016

Based on the Bakunawa, a mythical Filipino Leviathan that eats the moon.

Once again, Wallpaper size for your convenience.