Journey to Calderon

The "Mother of the Sky," who looked just like the statue in Mist Town and had helped Angel and Klein during the Great Smog, was the Evernight Goddess?

Angel instinctively found the idea absurd, yet she quickly accepted it.

It explained almost everything: how She had pinpointed Angel and Klein's location so quickly and accurately, why She had spoken Death's name with such confidence, and how She had appeared behind Chanis Gate and imprisoned Klein in Mist Town...

"So the statue of the 'Mother of the Sky' was actually an image of..."

She trailed off, not daring to say the last word. She hardly dared think it, lest the Goddess discover that one of Her "Blessed" was questioning Her in private.

"No, I don't think so. The ones who worshiped the 'Ruler of Night, Mother of the Sky' were the Nation of the Evernight in the Fourth Epoch. They lived in the Hornacis Mountain Range and were said to have some connection to the ancient god Flegrea, the Black Night Demon Wolf. But according to the Church's records, worship of the Evernight Goddess had already spread before the Fourth Epoch. The 'Mother of the Sky' couldn't have been Her... But I think there's another possibility..."

Klein had recovered from his momentary shock. He lowered his voice as he explained.

Just what I'd expect from a top history student. Though he probably didn't learn this at school... Did he spend his time with the Nighthawks reading Church records?

The corners of Angel's mouth lifted slightly. Then she thought of the possibility Klein meant.

"Divine descent?"

As a Beyonder well versed in mysticism, Angel knew the term. She had even lived through an attempted divine descent in Tingen City, planned by Lanevus, carried out by the Aurora Order, and exploited by Ince