Her birth took her mother's life. Her life remains a search for identity, origin, and the powers of immortality.

The dawn of creation. Before there was light. There was The Teacher. The Teacher of all entities who followed.

A spirit about all spirits, We have explained that [her] name is Lilith. -- Zohar 2:31

Tendrils of searing heat wrapped about the woman's bare feet producing intense pain and triggering the final vestiges of her mystical abilities.

At last, through the tangle of underbrush and branches, she spied her refuge. The cottage laid just ahead. The familiar site of her sanctuary.

...the only mother she had ever known -- the Teacher

The Clan Elder pulled a weapon from his side sheath. The silver edge of the knife shown in the rising moon.

A long-awaited peace enveloped the young woman's spirit as it began floating upward. The winds of the night sky were her strong arms now as she transformed to the entity of her creation.

The figure of a young man could be seen among the shadows as he wept bitterly for his lost beloved.