KEY CONCEPTS: The Third Wish
"Never again will hope shine alone!"
The final words of Serenity the Elder, Queen of the Silver Millenium. The third and last of three decrees that defined the World That Is. A miracle from the lips of a goddess, imbued with the dying embers of her very soul.
A wonder that doesn't appear to do anything.
Magic scholars have poured over texts and tomes, seeking some clue, but they have all come up blank. Is the translation simply wrong? Perhaps it really is just a myth. But their perspective is so far removed from the Fall that they cannot possibly understand that this simple wish was the mightiest of all, for it is by this, the greatest of Serenity's workings, that the Silver Queen ensured that humanity would never again face darkness without light in hand.
The third wish of Serenity's Final Decree bestowed the mighty places of the universe with the power to create guardians. Until the Fall, the Great Heart Tree had no Pretty Cure protectors; when the Age of Magic reigned, God's treasures on Earth had to be protected by mere angels. Pretty Cures and Pretear and a thousand other breeds of magical warrior; not one of these was possible in the age before Serenity wrote Hope into the laws of reality. Power arose, certainly - there were paths to power, and certain beings knew the trick to granting it before Serenity was ever born. But it was not until Serenity that the worlds themselves, powerful places and powerful things, with no intervention from shaman, wizard, or god, could rise up and bestow power to a champion.
And so, as darkness returned to the world in the wake of Clow Reed's world-cracking wonder, the Third Wish became the most important miracle ever performed. As the dark things slithered between the bars and onto Earth's soil, champions burst back into being in equal measure - Pretty Cures descending from endangered wonderlands, and saintly warriors blessed by the relics of God. The world itself struck contracts with young girls brimming with potential, giving power to their heart's Meaningful Words - and filling their hands with the strength to save the world.
The final words of Serenity the Elder, Queen of the Silver Millenium. The third and last of three decrees that defined the World That Is. A miracle from the lips of a goddess, imbued with the dying embers of her very soul.
A wonder that doesn't appear to do anything.
Magic scholars have poured over texts and tomes, seeking some clue, but they have all come up blank. Is the translation simply wrong? Perhaps it really is just a myth. But their perspective is so far removed from the Fall that they cannot possibly understand that this simple wish was the mightiest of all, for it is by this, the greatest of Serenity's workings, that the Silver Queen ensured that humanity would never again face darkness without light in hand.
The third wish of Serenity's Final Decree bestowed the mighty places of the universe with the power to create guardians. Until the Fall, the Great Heart Tree had no Pretty Cure protectors; when the Age of Magic reigned, God's treasures on Earth had to be protected by mere angels. Pretty Cures and Pretear and a thousand other breeds of magical warrior; not one of these was possible in the age before Serenity wrote Hope into the laws of reality. Power arose, certainly - there were paths to power, and certain beings knew the trick to granting it before Serenity was ever born. But it was not until Serenity that the worlds themselves, powerful places and powerful things, with no intervention from shaman, wizard, or god, could rise up and bestow power to a champion.
And so, as darkness returned to the world in the wake of Clow Reed's world-cracking wonder, the Third Wish became the most important miracle ever performed. As the dark things slithered between the bars and onto Earth's soil, champions burst back into being in equal measure - Pretty Cures descending from endangered wonderlands, and saintly warriors blessed by the relics of God. The world itself struck contracts with young girls brimming with potential, giving power to their heart's Meaningful Words - and filling their hands with the strength to save the world.