Darkness gives birth to light, and from there becomes life. We wander the labyrinth of countless cycles, seeking reunion with the whole from which we have been divided, until darkness comes once more to restore us... Shooting between stars, Ilra raced toward them. In an instant he knew. He was summoned by their need and knew just how he could stir them. A burning arrow, an excited red flame, the passion to create heated within him and propelled him forward. Streaking clear across the universe in a fiery blaze, Ilra shot through the Silvered Sea to the core of what was already being created....