Stolen Memories

When Darya was much younger, and called herself R'ya, the Queen of the Seas told her she had been chosen to undertake the Ibukun Okin - a task that would take her all around the great expanse of land known as the Butaka. A journey which has always been undertaken once every two hundred years to ensure the aabo barrier remains intact, protecting the land, and its people, from outsiders. The aabo barrier is tied to seven Okin Stones, protected by seven powerful spirits....
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When Darya was much younger, and called herself R'ya, the Queen of the Seas told her she had been chosen to undertake the Ibukun Okin - a task that would take her all around the great expanse of land known as the Butaka. A journey which has always been undertaken once every two hundred years to ensure the aabo barrier remains intact, protecting the land, and its people, from outsiders.

The aabo barrier is tied to seven Okin Stones, protected by seven powerful spirits. R'ya's task is to restore the Okin Stones using an ancient chant, and then return to the sea, where the Queen of the Seas first challenged her to accept or reject the sacred task.

As an elderly woman, Darya has a vision of her younger self, R'ya, standing before the Queen of the Seas as she is being challenged, but has no memories of the experience. Not even when her two adult sons tell her that the Queen of the Seas has called them to take her to the Apata Pupa cave, where the last Okin Stone yet waits to be restored - by her younger self.

To complete the Ibukun Okin journey, Darya must give the Okin Stone to her younger self, R'ya - who must retrieve it from her ancestor who stole it two hundred years ago. They must each outwit those - both human and spirits - who are eager to see the aabo barrier fail, now and in the past.