Throughout history, the denizens of Ethia have always believed in the story of the World Tree and how it was the source of all creation. Though the exact details and players may vary in the retelling between cultures the general sequence of events remain unchanged throughout the years. There is however a peculiar culture that resides in the far eastern fringe of Ethia that have their own set of myths and creation stories, far removed from the Goddess and the Tree tale that is shared by most others. The Sun Goddess, Mother of All Things, the Cleansing Fire, and according to legend the origin of the Sparkfox.
Sparkfoxes can be found in the Volcanic remains of the Old Kingdom, gliding throughout the corrupted lands in search for evildoers and ne'er-do-wells. Even before the fall of the Kingdom to corruption, Sparkfoxes were known to track down criminals and burn those that have done particularly heinous crimes. The Guards of the Old Kingdom have often reported seeing wisps of flame guiding and pointing them to places where criminals are hiding or if someone is in need of help.
The Cleansing of Sins, the fires of the Sparkfox burns with righteous fury. Anything that it deems worthy of being cleansed will be met will a barrage of unrelenting fire. There are times when the sparkfox acts as a second conscience for people that have done small crimes or acted in a bad way. The sight of the sparkfox looking squarely at you is normally an indicator enough of one not acting in the right way and should apologize for whatever wrongdoings were committed that attracted the sparkfox to them.
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