User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Lunastra (5th Gen)/@comment-5020152-20181214230201

"Since the time of her conception, the Empress of Flame was dismissed and ridiculed. Nothing more than a pretender, a weaker version of the Emperor of Flame, said the naysayers. Heartbroken, the Empress faded away into the mists of time with the onset of the Age of Water, her loyal husband joining her in exile. While the ruler of the sun made his triumphant return sometime later, making a new mark in the Age of Mounts with explosive flair, the queen of the moon failed to join him.

What had happened during the Age of Water, none could say. Perhaps the Empress and Emperor had a terrible feud, the battle shaking the earth and causing the awakening of the Black Flame of Calamity, as was once prophesized. Perhaps the Empress' wounds ran deeper than anyone suspected, placing weights upon her heart that none could lift. Perhaps the years of being labeled as second-rate had dulled the fire in her soul to nothing but dim embers. Alas, no-one knows for sure...

The Emperor, with his enormously successful comeback fueling his flaming blood, reappeared once again in the Age of Exploration, journeying to the New World to feast upon a new generation of aspiring Hunters. But alas, in a cruel twist of fate, his return was not to be as triumphant. For Nergigante, Devourer of Elders, proved too strong an opponent for the old sun king to best. And he, just like the queen before him, fell to the wayside. Forced to bow down to the young usurper, the Emperor of Flame silently cried out for aid, lest his explosions be silenced and his fire forever stilled.

His desperate plea pierced through the mists of time and reached the mourning Empress. A new spark ignited the embers that remained of her once-noble spirit. Filled with new conviction and a burning desire for vengeance, the lunar queen traveled to the New World to answer her husband's prayers. Her rage and passion proved sufficient, manifesting as cerulean flames that immolated all. During her long hiatus, she had become strong enough to defeat this terrible foe and make a comeback as glorious as that of the Emperor's. The veteran Hunters cheered for the Empress of Flame's majesty, while the newcomers howled in despair as the azure fires raged forth to condemn them. Reunited, the Empress and Emperor came together once again with great joy, and their bond cleared the land of any doubts as to their newfound strength.

As prophesized, Lunastra, the once-inferior Empress of Flame, hath found her true strength and finally claimed the throne that she was destined for. May her divine Supernova cleanse the land of ill will, for she is a star that shalt burn bright for aeons to come."

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