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| - This song serves as the finale of the Tale of Rhaplanca, and tells how the world ended to give birth to the region we now know as Metafalss. This time, Rhaplanca was born as a priestess, while Maoh was born as the son of the Elm City leader. Maoh acted pretty much like a spoiled prince and spent all the time trying to gain Rhaplanca's favor, even going as far as forcing her to marry him. On the other hand, Rhaplanca had dedicated herself to help the poor and needed, which the city had in surplus due to the terrible ways in which the people lived back then. However, all of this soon came to an end: a certain day, Rhaplanca received an oracle of the God Juklizda, who told her that the world would be destroyed together with the people living in it. Only a few would be chosen and taken to the next world: a paradisiacal land called Metel Filios. Rhaplanca appealed to Juklizda in an attempt to make him change his mind, but it was fruitless, and he even mocked her saying that if she couldn't change her egotistical husband's mind, she didn't have any possibility of doing the same to the rest of the people. He rose his hand, causing a horrible sound to resound throughout the world. That instant moment, the skies lit up in red, the city was covered in rubble and corpses, and the land split asunder. A part of it, sustained by the divine tree Implanta, continued floating in the skies while the rest of it fell into eternal oblivion. The people then ran and tried to climb Implanta in an attempt to save their lives. Maoh ran to Rhaplanca, and grabbing her hand, he led her to Implanta. Once there, he began pushing away the people that were climbing the tree to make a way for himself and Rhaplanca. However, Rhaplanca didn't move and instead, she gave her place to the people that tried to climb the tree. She at first believed she had helped them to save their lives. However, a loud rumble was heard, indicating that the tree wouldn't be able to support the weight for much longer and that it would eventually fall down and crash into the ground. Rhaplanca didn't want this to happen and appealed to the Gods to allow her to use a single miracle. They responded to this humble plea and transformed her into a large rock, so she would be able to keep supporting Implanta eternally. Upon seeing this, Maoh screamed and jumped off the tree. When he reached Rhaplanca, she had almost completely turned into stone. Even in this state, Rhaplanca told him her last wishes: to help everyone to reach salvation, and once the new land was created, he should make a new country based on the principles of trust, love, and gratitude. Then she turned into rock completely. Maoh stood in front of his petrified wife for a a moment, and then, he wiped the tears from his eyes, and with a newfound determination, he rushed back into the city, in order to not leave even a single person behind. He helped the old, the children and the sick, and led them to Implanta, up to the last moment in which the lava began flowing around the tree's floating island. Once the last person had safely climbed into the tree, the lava poured all around them. During this time, the island floated in the lava, while the people, squeezed in such an small space, prayed. Maoh did the same, but not for himself: his prayers were for Rhaplanca and for this world. Then, Juklizda spoke directly to his heart. He told him that now his sins were forgiven, but in order to atone for them, he would have to raise the new world into a beautiful land and keep the promise he made to Rhaplanca until the end of his days. Thus, Maoh became a fair and kind ruler, and led the people to the promised land of Metel Filios, which was later on renamed as Metafalss. The rugged plateau that was created by the lava served to them as a reminder of the rage of the Gods and the promise that was made with them.
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