Dancing Star

Dancing Star is a Uktena Theurge Skywalker.

Overview

Some of the oldest Uktena songs tell the story of Dancing Star, whose explorations of the Deep Umbra set a standard for other Uktena to follow. The Skywalkers claim this bold Theurge as their founder, revering her as second only to Gaia.

Unlike most Garou, Dancing Star learned to travel the Umbra not only by stepping sideways or entering onto a Moon Bridge, but by sending her spirit soaring through the other world while her body remained fixed in the physical realm. Some say she learned the Gift of Astral Mind from a Stargazer she met during one of her Umbral journeys; others insist that she bargained for the Gift with one of the strange inhabitants of the Deep Umbra.

Leaving her body behind as an anchor, Dancing Star's spirit traveled further and further into the uncharted - and some say unchartable - realms of the Wyld. Her descriptions of the places she had seen and the creatures she encountered there served as the basis for much of the Uktena's knowledge of the Deep Umbra.

As she wandered the great Western desert, seeking hidden places to use as shelters for her body while she sent her spirit traveling, Dancing Star sometimes encountered Coyote, Buzzard, Raven and other totem spirits.

Raven warned Dancing Star that the paths she followed in the Umbra contained dangers even she could not imagine, and that if she were not cautious, she would meet her end in some far-off place, unable to return to her body. Dancing Star's rely to Raven lives on in one of her many songs: "My spirit will return to Gaia in its own season, no matter where my body stands."

Another story tells of Dancing Star's final journey, and how Raven and Buzzard discovered her body standing rigid in the desert, her staff clutched in one hand. For three years they watched as she stood, unmoving. How Coyote won hos bet with Buzzard by kicking at Dancing Star's staff, thus bringing her desiccated body crumbling down on top of him forms the heart of "The Death Song of Dancing Star," sung by Skywalker Galliards at their private moots.

Many Uktena believe that Dancing Star's spirit still roams the Deep Umbra, giving aid to fellow Skywalkers and leasing lost Umbral travelers to safety wile telling them of her latest exploits. One legend credits her with bringing the first hints of the Storm Eater's presence to the Uktena.

Skywalkers believe that Dancing Star's spirit rides the comets that circle the Earth and claim that, when a meteor falls to earth, she returns briefly to touch Gaia's face and remember her mortal life. Though many Uktena have attempted to contact Dancing Star through the Rite of Invitation to the Ancestors, she has yet to answer them. Many believe that she does not heat their call from within the Deep Umbra. Others claim that Dancing Star is waiting for the right moment to bring back news to the Uktena of the coming Apocalypse.

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