"When the stars from beyond glitter, the Great Sun will one day return to the heavens."
This prophecy came from a seer of the Chaos Era.
What was the Chaos Era?
When day and night were separately ruled—daytime belonging to humans and night belonging to ghosts—the boundaries of that age were lawful and regulated, and it was called the Era of Order. But when the Great Sun vanished, the boundary between day and night blurred, and humans and ghosts coexisted. That age naturally became the Chaos Era.
Half a year after the Chaos Era began, a seer appeared in Night City.
This seer said many cryptic, mystical things. He said countless bonds tugged at Night Rolanko, keeping it from ever falling; he said the cold-call birds no longer cried, while the northern bear stood proudly amid the clouds; he said thorns had become a bulwark, and time would seal away hope...
At the time, no one understood what he meant. Some even thought he was mad.
Only countless years later did people realize that every word this seer had spoken had been a prophecy—
Night Rolanko had once possessed a continent. Now, that continent was gone, and energy tracks held Night Rolanko fast, keeping it from falling into the void.
Night Rolanko had once been ruled by the Orchid Family, whose emblem was the cold-call bird. But later, the North Bear Merchants' Guild took the lead, bringing the eight great consortiums to break through the Orchid Family's blockade. The cold-call bird became a thing of the past, while the North Bear Alliance rose to stand in the Rainbow District.
Night Rolanko's symbol—the Glimmering Night Bell—was suddenly wrapped in a thorny bulwark three hundred years after day and night became separately ruled. Time inside came to a standstill, and people and