Primordial Silence

~???–0 · Uta

What omen is this?

A prehistory without writing. People have not yet named the things around them — the things speak first. The Listeners of the Sana catch what may be voices or omens, and the world is remembered only by word of mouth.

Season 1 “Primordial Silence”

The sudden death of the previous Listener leaves the succession rite hanging, and Uta faces Gald's distrust and a crisis in the clan at the same time. A find in forbidden ground carries her through the crisis, but the succession is deferred, and the riddle of the bone comb is handed on.

  1. OpeningThat she heard no voice in the confiscated singing stone, and a decisive break with Gald.
  2. DevelopmentThe bone comb still silent, and the fevered youth getting worse.
  3. TurnWhat the old bone fragment found in the Singing Vale means, and what it sets in motion.
  4. CrisisOn the eve of the Star Festival: a threat of exile, and a demand that she prove the voice by saving the fevered youth.
  5. ResolutionWhere the old bone fragment Uta now holds came from, and the riddle of Nono's bone comb, which still says nothing.

Season 2 “The Primal Silence”

Uta is pressed by Gald to prove her worth as a temporary Listener. Through a false oracle, an unexpected tribal threat, and the accidental shattering of the Singing Stone, the tension over her succession remains unresolved while introducing a new mystery.

  1. OpeningThe origin of the patterned bone fragment brought by Ren, and the completely silent bone comb.
  2. DevelopmentThe outcome of the hunt in the Northern Ridge, suggested solely by Uta's assumption.
  3. TurnThe evaluation of Uta's oracle which saved the clan by chance, and Gald's growing suspicion.
  4. CrisisUta's choice by tomorrow morning: to fabricate a false oracle or to surrender the bone comb in silence.
  5. ResolutionThe origin of the metal piece crafted inside the Singing Stone, and the question of whether it was a coincidence or Nono's design.