EMP-446: Moon Zenith

Moon Zenith was born in the Entertainment District, by the Lady of the Moonshadow Crane Entertainment House, Crane Shimmer. As the Lady of the House, she was the most adored and requested entertainer, therefore the Mother of the House could not afford letting her to raise a baby - such a thing would completely tarnish her reputation, customers would no longer be interested in her... Plus retiring for a few years to raise the baby would've been a waste of the best years of her life - when she would be back she would be seen as too old. No, such thing clearly couldn't be allowed of the most beautiful Lady of the House. Crane Shimmer somehow hid the fact that she was about to have a baby until the moment she gave birth, at which point she asked for help from one of her closest friends - Nightwater Bay, a fellow Entertainer in the Moonshadow Crane house. Together, the snuck out and ran to a close by Guild, the Tailors Guild, where they luckily met a mare that took pity on them and took the baby - despite the shame that would come on her if she were ever to be found to had raised the baby of an entertainer.

Next year, Crane Shimmer had another baby - which unfortunately she couldn't hide in time, and the House Mother discovered it. While she begged the House Mother to keep it, and managed to raise it for the first 3 years of the baby's life, the baby was given to a different house and Crane Shimmer's time as the House Lady was over. She was now just a second rate entertainer, nothing more...

In the meantime, Moon Zenith grew up into a beautiful lady in the Tailor's Guild, had a loving mother and she was a very skilled apprentice. She eventually fell in love and had two children: Stardust and Star Ray. Stardust became a respected tailor, while Star Ray decided to join the Entertainment Guild - a very weird choice, after all, entertainers were very looked down upon, and the job was not a great one. Star Ray joined the same Entertainment House as her grandmother, which knew right away that was her grandchild, but could never tell her so, as that would mean her secret coming out.

Moon Zenith's younger sister, who never got to meet anybody from her family, became the Mother of the Yokai no Ie Entertainment House, a rich and distinguished Lady.