After Helios' downfall, Selene, the goddess of the moon, grew bitter. She had failed to save her brother, and now, Apollo reigned as the sun.
But unlike Helios, who had always carried the sun's light, Selene's power was more fragile—her moonlight was not her own, but a reflection of the sun.
Now that Apollo had altered the very nature of light, Selene's power began to fade.
Without Helios to balance her existence, she found herself weaker with each passing night.
Artemis, the huntress and twin of Apollo, had always been close to the moon.
She roamed the forests by night, guiding her hunters under Selene's glow. Yet, as Selene weakened, the night itself began to change.
The balance between the sun and the moon was breaking.
Apollo, newly ascended as the sun god, saw this—and whispered an idea to his sister:
"If Selene fades, the night will need a new guardian. Who better than you, Artemis?"
At first, Artemis refused. She was a huntress, not a celestial ruler.
But then, she saw the suffering of her hunters—the beasts of the wild struggled without the steady glow of the moon.
And so, she made her decision.
On the night of the eclipse, Artemis hunted Selene.
In the darkness, a battle raged.
Selene, desperate to hold onto her domain, fought with the last of her strength, but she was no warrior. Artemis, the goddess of the hunt, was merciless.
With an arrow made from moonstone, she struck Selene down.
The Moon Goddess fell.
But Artemis did not kill her. Instead, she absorbed Selene's divinity, taking her place as the new goddess of the moon.
The night reclaimed its balance. The moon, now tied directly to Artemis, became a symbol of the hunt, of wild freedom, of the beasts that roamed beneath its silver glow.
And thus, Selene faded into history.
With Apollo as the sun and Artemis as the moon, the celestial order was reforged.
No longer did the sun and moon belong to the ancient Titans—now, they belonged to Olympus.
Selene, like Helios, was reduced to a forgotten deity, her name only whispered in the winds of the past.
Before her fall, Selene, the Goddess of the Moon, had twelve divine children—one for each cycle of the moon, one for each phase of the year.
These twelve children were not Olympians nor Titans but celestial spirits, each governing a piece of time itself. Their names and powers shaped the way mortals understood the passing of months and seasons.
When Selene faded and Artemis took her place, her twelve children scattered, their fate uncertain. They hid themself in the river of time and stayed there forever. But their influence remained, forever woven into the fabric of time. Their existence bought forth the concept of year, month, and day.
The Twelve Lunar Spirits were :
1. Eione (January) – The Cold Dawn.
2. Thero (February) – The Snowmelt.
3. Chloris (March) – The First Bloom. The youngest and most playful.
4. Eiarion (April) – The Spring Storm.
5. Thallo (May) – The Fruitful Maiden.
6. Therion (June) – The Sun's Gaze. The twin brother of Thallo.
7. Helike (July) – The Fire Bearer. The most passionate of Selene's children.
8. Karpos (August) – The Harvest Keeper
9. Sporos (September) – The Sower of Seeds
10. Briseis (October) – The Winds of Change
11. Skia (November) – The Twilight Walker
12. Nyxios (December) – The Longest Night