Chapter 1: A Night of Wonders Under the vast, starlit sky of an ancient village, a group of teenage shepherds huddled around a small fire. Their sheep grazed quietly nearby, oblivious to the young shepherds’ restlessness. Eli, the oldest, gazed into the flames, lost in thought. Beside him, his younger brother, Samuel, fiddled with a piece of straw, while their friends, Mara and Thomas, whispered about the latest village tales.