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The narrative now shifts to Bazen, now known as Balthazar, King of Aksum. He recounts the mystical and prophetic journey that led him to join a gathering of extraordinary individuals, all drawn by a miraculous star heralding the birth of a divine child.

Balthazar, descended from the House of Solomon and Sheba, recalls his youth steeped in learning, martial skill, and spiritual wisdom. A vision of a pulsing star awakens a deep calling in him. Shortly afterward, a mysterious fleet arrives at the port of Adulis carrying a diverse and mysterious group: kings, queens, sages, warriors, a former slave poets, and a prophet.

Each of these travellers share their visions, dreams, and reasons for their pilgrimage. Despite their different origins—royalty, slavery, scholarship, and the far future—they are united by a shared experience of divine calling and an otherworldly star that calls not to power but to humility, peace, and truth.

The travellers take a solemn vow. The eight companions—each representing different aspects of creation and human striving—form a sacred fellowship, the League of Star Bearers. They swear not to seek power but to serve the light, to protect the child whose birth will change the world, and to bear witness in silence, truth, and unity.

Loukia sings a hauntingly beautiful song—a poet's offering that encapsulates their mission. The star sinks below the horizon, and the League sets forth on a journey not of conquest, but of reverence, remembrance, and revelation.

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Gondophares, King of a great empire, is plagued by recurring, vivid dreams of a tiger in the jungle and a glowing child who calls to him. Despite returning home to peace and prosperity, he feels restless—haunted by a divine longing that no earthly success can soothe.

In the palace gardens, he hears a young girl, Loukia, sing a haunting song of Orpheus and Eurydice. Her sorrowful music stirs his soul. She speaks of visions—a child bathed in light, beckoning her and her mother to follow a star. Gondophares realizes they have both seen the same child in their visions. Loukia pleads with him to take them to see this child, believing he can save her ailing mother. Gondophares is deeply moved but torn—he is a king, with a kingdom to lead.

That night, a mysterious, angelic figure named Raphael appears to Gondophares and confirms his visions. Raphael, a servant of the Most High, urges the king to obey the divine call and seek the child. Gondophares is told that others—including Melchior, Loukia, and Adam—will join him. He is to begin his journey by seeking the King of Aksum.

Troubled but resolute, Gondophares tells his brother Abdagases of his decision to leave the throne. Though devastated, Abdagases eventually agrees to assume rule. The priest Melchior affirms the righteousness of Gondophares’s decision, teaching that true kingship lies not in power, but in service, justice, and humility under Ahura Mazda. Gondophares relinquishes his crown and sets out as a pilgrim to seek the child who is prophesied to change the world.

Meanwhile, Adam and Sophia enjoy a peaceful interlude in the city of Taxila, growing ever closer. Their love deepens, as do the bonds between others in their party—such as Scarus and Camilla, whose friendship blooms into romance.

As the group prepares to return west, Honourius—Sophia’s father and former enemy of Adam—is gravely ill. Camilla urges Adam to heal him, reminding him of fate’s mysterious ways. Despite lingering resentment, Adam agrees and tends Honourius with compassion, out of love for Sophia.

In a powerful public farewell, Gondophares, clad in simple robes, renounces his throne before his people. He proclaims his mission: to seek the divine child prophesied by stars and dreams. With great emotion, he entrusts his brother with the kingdom and walks away—not as a king, but as a pilgrim, beginning his sacred quest.

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The narrative now shifts to Gondophares, also known as Gaspar, the Indo-Parthian King of Kings, powerful overlord of all the mighty, rich and populous lands of the great river Indus, stretching from the shores of the Erythrean Sea to the Hindu Kush. While mounting a siege of the great port city of Barbaricum, he has a strange dream, that he is stalking in the forest in the body of a tiger. He sees a strange light, but awakes to the surprising news that Azes, a petty rebel king, has abandoned the city and left it defenceless. Envoys come to him, begging for mercy, and tell him of the appearance of a strange fleet of sailing ships, who forced their way into the harbour. Gondophares sends for these strangers and discovers their commander, Honourius, is an old friend. The Great King, for all his power, is beguiled by the beautiful philosophia from Alexandria, and offers to help her with her two quests, but first the rebels and pirate fleet must be dealt with. Plans are made for an alliance to destroy the returning pirate fleet at a time and place of the allies choosing.

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