Tana's Sister

Tana's Sister
Hometown	Radiant Temple
Gender	Female
Race	Human
Family	Tana (sister)
Affiliations	Aeona
Status	Deceased
Name (Other Servers)
KoreaMS	아이오나 (Aiona)
TaiwanMS	艾奥纳 (Àiàonà)
MapleSEA	Aiona

Tana's Sister, posthumously given the title of Tana, was a candidate to become the Transcendent of Light, wielding the power of darkness. After being killed in the selection process, she was given the title of 'Tana', referring to the candidate who had not been chosen by the Overseers. However, her sister - who awakened as Aeona - rejected her name and the Overseers' destiny, instead choosing to call herself by her sister's title of Tana to signify that she refused to be chosen by the Overseers.

Before the NEXT revamp, Tana's sister was known as Aeona the 1st, as she had originally been chosen as the Transcendent of Light. After she was killed by Tana, Aeona's title was passed down to her sister, who became the new Aeona.

Story (Post-Remaster)

Note: Tana's sister's storyline was remastered under the KMS story team's new continuity in the NEXT Update.

Aeona and Tana

In the Radiant Temple on Grandis, two twin girls were brought before the Executors, a minor race who served the Transcendent of Light, with their names and forms taken away in exchange for new bodies of light and darkness. The twins were presented before an Executor of Light and an Executor of Darkness, who instructed the girls to create with the power of light, and to destroy with the power of darkness. One of the girls then used the power of darkness to destroy a tombstone floating before her, with the other girl using the power of light to recreate it.The Executors them declared that there were two forces and two candidates before them, with the twins noting that there was darkness because there was light, and that there was light because there was darkness. The girl wielding light then asked her sister whether they were also like that, to which her sister noted that though it wasn't possible, it didn't matter, as they could not coexist together, as that was the fate of the Transcendent of Light.

The Executor of Darkness then declared that destiny would soon be decided, while the Executor of Light wondered which of the two candidates would be chosen. Suddenly, both girls began to hear the voice of the Overseers in their heads, thus beginning the selection. The Executors told the two girls that the one who would not be chosen at the end of the selection would be known as Tana, while the chosen one would be known as Aeona. The two girls then battled against each other with their two powers of light and darkness, with the girl wielding light eventually slaying her sister. As she emerged victorious, the girl noted to herself that just as light and darkness were one, she and her sister were destined to embark on the same path, despite having different powers, believing that it may have all been planned. Standing over her sister's body, the girl began wondering where it had all gone wrong, as she and her sister had not been allowed to coexist.

The Executors then declared that the girl wielding light would be known as Aeona, the Transcendent of Light. Having been granted her title, Aeona began to feel the power of the Transcendent flooding into her. As she did, she began to hear the voice of the Overseers, which she noted was beautiful yet cold, and realized that she could not refuse its call. Realizing that she was now shackled to the Overseers' destiny for her, Aeona refused to accept her fate and left the Radiant Temple, rejecting her title as ‘Aeona' and taking on the title of ‘Tana' - the one who was not chosen for the Transcendent's destiny - as a sign of her rebellion that she refused to accept the destiny forced upon her by the Overseers.

Story (Pre-Remaster)

Aeona and Tana

Long ago, Aeona and her sister were brought into existence in the Radiant Temple on Grandis. The Executors, who had been tasked with serving the Transcendent of Light, judged the twins in order to determine which of them was a Transcendent and which was a reserve. Aeona suddenly began to hear the voice of the Overseers, which she described as "beautiful but cold". In response, the Executors bestowed the title of Aeona to her, indicating that she was the Transcendent of Light, and named her sister Tana, indicating that she was a reserve.

Pawn of the Overseers

Over the ages, Aeona was forced to maintain order on Grandis by the Overseers, who overrode her free will and compelled her to use her power of destruction to wipe out entire races without a trace. Aeona soon grew to resent her life and grew distant from her sister. On one such occasion, Aeona discovered Tana reading a book about the powers of the Transcendent of Light. Just as Tana began reading about why the power of creation and destruction was split between them, Aeona destroyed the book, joking that it was so that they would not need to suffer through another boring book. She then told Tana that her life was comparatively better, claiming that despite being placed on a pedestal as a Transcendent, she was merely being used. Claiming that Tana could simply be herself, she told her sister to enjoy her life for the both of them before leaving.

Death

Eventually, Tana was horrified to discover that Aeona had wiped out seven races on Grandis. She confronted Aeona, who claimed that she had no choice in the matter, as she had merely been doing her job. However, Tana concluded that Aeona had gone mad with power and decided to fight her. The two sisters then fought with their powers of light and darkness, resulting in Aeona being killed by Tana. With Aeona's death, her Transcendent powers flooded into Tana, her reserve, resulting in Tana awakening as the new Transcendent of Light and receiving the title of Aeona.

Trivia

• GMS named the Black Mage's two Knights of Creation and Destruction after Aeona and Tana by calling them the Aeonian Rise and Tanadian Ruin
  • However, this naming convention is incorrect, as Aeona and Tana are titles that refer to the Transcendent of Light and their reserve, not the powers of creation and destruction.
  • In other regions, the two knights are called the Aion of Creation and the Demiurge of Destruction

Gallery

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  NPC Portrait of Tana's Sister (Esfera storyline)
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  NPC Portrait of Tana's Sister (Esfera storyline)