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The celestial festival is a mass celebration, held to commemorate the tale of the Separated Hearts and the Birth of Magic.
In the beginning, the God of creation, shape a desolate rock, ruled by an empty void of nothingness, into something awe-inspiring.
Shortly after creating the vast oceans, lands, humanity, and benevolent creatures, his brethren, a Sea God, known as Atrimpas, gain possession of his magnificent paradise, by deceitful means.
Powerless in his struggle to reclaim his masterpiece, the God of creation watch in horror, as Atrimpas trampled over the beauty of his design. Turning his once kind and gentle creatures into ferocious, monstrous beast; making the world a dangerous place for humanity to live.
On one cold and stormy night, …show more content…
Nevertheless, the news of Phineus’ imprisonment had reached his beloved, Amara.
Before the sun rose over the events of the night, Amara venture deep into Atrimpas’ lair, pleading to the Sea God for Phineus’ freedom.
A crafty, and lonely, Atrimpas, agreed to free Phineus from his watery captivity if Amara gave him her hand in marriage.
The next morning (three days before the wedding was to commence), a disheveled and fatigue Phineus woke on dry land and subsequently learn of Amara’s fate.
Without hesitation and before filling his empty belly, Phineus race back into the sea alone: battling through Atrimpas’ hordes of minions, enormous waves, violent storms . . .
Eventually, defeating the last earthly God, at the price of his own life, on the day of Atrimpas and Amara’s wedding.
Upon his death, a freed Amara pulled her deceased lover from his watery grave; and in desperation, she wept to the God of creation to bring Phineus back to life.
Believing her prayers went unanswered, Amara prepared Phineus’ body for burial, and before the ceremony begun. Amara kissed his cold lips, and from her kiss, Phineus’ eyes suddenly

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