"The greatest Absu tradition is this: Once a year, the tribe allows the Great Fire to trespass upon Ki, for fire is good. It burns away sickness, subversion and sin. But fire's nature is greedy; soon it takes too much. The tribe sends up lanterns to call for aid, and the Speaker rides a large balloon into the sky. And there they lure the mighty Oan, the fish-like gods of the Absu, with a jet of water — living history, the story of the Absu. The Oan love the stories, old and new, and they bless Ki with abundant rain to chase away the Great Fire."

Art by Taylor C Adams Story by Benjamin Nunnally

4800 x 4800 400 DPI