#valokas

Meet Valokas, the bright soldier of the sun. ⚔️☀️

Finally, them ✨️

The Valo-kas

They begin, as all plants do, as simple seeds. Except these Seeds were born from the Sanctuary in the Valley of the Seasons.

As such, they are born with an awareness stronger than any other plant life, allowing them to speak telepathically with others.

They are trained by the Guardians of the Seasons until they are ready to go through the Ritual of the Seasons.

The Ritual is more of a coming of age/graduation ceremony, after which the Seed finds a host for themselves.

After that, they will gain the spiritual power with which to create their own Forest and spread Light.

Such former Seeds include Seir, Sein, Seia and Seik.

Sein is the Light and Eyes of the Spirit Tree of Nibel, Ori’s homeland

Seir is the Light of the Spirit Willow of Niwen, whom Ori succeeded after the Willow succumbed to the Decay.

Seia is the Light of the Spirit Blossom of Lemuria. It’s my headcanon in this AU that the Explorers were in Lemuria while it was in a state of Decay, like Niwen was. Aurora’s ancestor bonded herself with Seia and inherited her powers of light, which were passed down the generations through the firstborn children.

As long as they ruled, or at least lived in the country, Lemuria would have its Light.

Seik is the Light of the Spirit Tree of Rime, located in the Denial section. This is the Seed that bonded with the Fox in Seasons After Fall.

After successfully completing the Ritual, the Seed went on to find a proper host, while the Fox became a new Guardian.

Once bonded with a tree host long enough, the Spirit Seed will start to produce new Light Spirits.

Being bonded extends the Tree host’s lifespan well beyond is expected capacity, but when the Tree host eventually starts to wither and decay or the Light Seed is stolen away, the Forest/land they protect will go through a period of Decay.

The Decay can be rectified either by returning the Seed or a Light Spirit sacrificing itself to give the Tree new life.

In the worst case scenario, where the tree host is too old and sick to be functional even with the Light Seed, a Light Spirit can bond with the Seed instead, becoming a new Spirit Tree.

If the Seed cannot find a new host, it will die as well.

This is what happened to the Spirit Tree that used to reside on the Mainland in the Pale City.

The City was built on top of a fully decayed Spirit Forest, and the Signal Tower was constructed over where the Tree once stood.

Like the Seeds, the Signal needs a host to broadcast its will through.

When the tree host dies, its spirit becomes one of the tree people as seen in Ithersta.

When the Seed dies, it’s Light returns to Primeve and it’s consciousness is reborn as either a Valoka or a human, depending on certain circumstances.

In this AU, the Light of the Mainland, Seim, was reborn as Mono. His Tuning powers may have originated from exposure to the Signal, but they could also have manifested from his past life as a Light Seed.

Marriage picture: Many people pass by this picture because this is the part, where Misfortune breaks the vase (bless those very few youtubers who went back and looked at it) but if you go back to it, Misfortune will tell you, that her mother only got married because she was expecting her and that she wanted to have an abortion.

Morgo got stuck in a bear trap: Close to the end, Misfortune will start running after Benjamin while Morgo is telling you not to. Most of you probably didn't listen to him because (obviously) but if you do, Morgo will tell you that getting trapped in one of them is: "hurts like hell", that means he once got trapped in one and this is why he knows how much that hurts (according to the tone he said it)

Benjamin's painting: Right before you enter the "magical" cave, you'll meet with Benjamin while he's painting something on the ground. This is also missed by a lot of people because you have to interact with the brush twice to get the secret. The first time you interact with it, Misfortune will only talk about it but if you interact with it again, she will continue the painting, revealing a shield around her so Morgo is not able to get her.

Lil' Cutie: This is actually one of the achievements but people still rarely get it (at least the youtubers). So, if you choose to set the puppy free from the tree, she/he will follow you and will let you to pet her/him. If you pet the puppy 3 or 4 times, Misfortune will name it "Lil' Cutie" and you get the achievement for it.

Leach: If you release the puppy, you can interact with his/her leach and Misfortune will tell you that, when she and her mother went to a museum, her mother had her on a leach because she was unpredictable then Morgo says that he thinks it was because she only ate candy that day. It's a really cute conversation between the two but also very concerning because of the leach.

All over again: If you choose to read Benjamin's diary, at a certain page you'll find the page that says: "Victim don't realize all is again. All is again!" This basically means that Misfortune (as well as the other kids) is stuck in a time loop. We actually see an actual time loop that Morgo makes at the end of the game when he resets the day to the time where they started.

Ultra-war: When you read Benjamin's training papers, you'll find out more about what is Morgo and most importantly, how Morgo came to life. There is a sentence that says: "After the Ultra-war, thousands of beings were discovered as byproducts of the war." THERE WAS A FRICKING WAR BETWEEN THE REALITIES BEFORE LITTLE MISFORTUNE'S TIMELINE!!! Which I will talk about in the theory I'm working on, so keep an eye out on that ;)

Misfortune understands what the animals says: This is something that nobody seemed to be concerned about, the fact that Misfortune randomly started to talk with animals through the journey is pretty weird in itself but the fact that she actually got a response from them and she understood it is pretty surprising. Just because WE were not able to understand what they say doesn't mean that Misfortune don't, like she even understood that Benjamin said that they have to go and she heard whatever mean thing the parrots said to her. Just like our dear friend Fran, right? The only difference is that there we also heard what the animals said, not just her.

Benjamin's bookshelf: It's also a small detail but if you get a good look at Benjamin's bookshelf, you'll find a book called: "Learning how to be gray". If you saw the puppet show in Itward's flying machine from Fran Bow, then you probably know that in one specific sentence Itward says that he is: "The link between darkness and light. He was GRAY". So, we finally got to know a little bit more about Itward, which is really great! (especially to me because I'm planning to make a theory about him) But this also meant to me that I have to throw my Fran Bow OC into the trash, because before Little Misfortune came out I thought that being gray is not something you can accomplish but rather another kind of being who was born when darkness and light came together ... and I am really sad now :(

Morgo's sign: I have seen many people being confused about that iconic sign on Morgo's hand which he shows to us in the final battle. If you remember the first time when Misfortune crosses the road, then you probably know that at the middle of the road she stops and gets transformed into a strange creepy place with Morgo getting closer to her. That very well made scenery is just enough to get everyone's attention away from the sign that appears under Misfortune at the same time. That sign is the same sign that Morgo has on his hand.

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