Taroticum: The Chariot


They went out of Heaven together; the itan boy, the decorated military officer, the reckless individualist, the well-born young man so fenced around with loneliness. They went into the mortal world and left behind their memories, their names, everything except their own selves.

Later on, the three they'd left behind followed them, hot on the trail of the four who burned so brightly amid the mortal darkness. And from time to time they wondered -- Konzen, Tenpou, Kenren -- could they have chosen differently five hundred years ago?

Of course not. Nothing can restore a star once it has fallen.

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