Stars

Stars are a race of cosmic beings in the Dota 2 world.

Embodiment
In the lore of Dota 2, stars are literally what one would expect them to be, except that stars in the lore of Dota 2 are sentient lifeforms. Stars are luminous spheres in space created by the weak force, held together by gravity, which also causes it to collapse on itself over time until it bursts into a supernova. The core of a star, which is also its heart, is extremely hot and is rich in metals and ores that can be used in forging, whether if it's a young star or a dead star.

Stars possess an essence known as its spark. This spark is what allows them to create and give life. It's implied that older stars can pass down their spark to their descendants.

Birth
The first stars were born from the gift of the rider of Light. In the earliest times of the universe, Ezalor used his staff to spark the heat of the first sun in the universe and countless other stars like it. This primordial star was not just a massive sphere of fire, it was a conscious entity in itself. Over untold amounts of time, gravity caused this star to collapse on its core, coalescing its incalculable energy, until it burst into a supernova. Although this marked the end of the first sun's life, it was a crucible for the birth of many other stars just like it. The first sun's children would also burst into supernova soon, and this phenomenon of supernova will repeat until the cold vacuum of space shined with the light and warmth of an endless array of stars. Simply put, these stars are created by the weak force, and reproduce by themselves via supernova.

Ezalor was not the only one who can create these stars. Just like how he gave life and light to the stars, he created a winged horse that shared his ability to spark the heat of suns.

Death
Gravity is involved in both the creation and the death of a star. When a star dies, it may become a cold and passive dark star or simply fade into nothing.

Heroes
is a young wandering star, a distant descendant of the first sun's lineage. He is unique among his solar kin who are content with finding their place within the cosmos and settling down in constellations. Instead, his curiosity led him to discover the battle of the Ancients, prompting him to assume the terrestrial form of a fiery bird and soar through the endless cosmos to aid those who needs his light and search for his solar destiny.

was forged from the heart of a young star. Because of this, she is the embodiment of its heart.

Stars
The Children of Light are a faction of stars who were all descendants of the Keeper's first sun. They were the earliest and most powerful branches of the now-vast lineage of the Keeper's first sun. They tried to align other stars to their cause, but even stars have dissonant politics among themselves. Thus they dispatched their herald Dawnbreaker to shatter the rebels or set them back to rights.

The sun that shines upon the planet where the Nemesis Stones crashed upon is responsible for the light that Selemene's moon (not the Mad Moon) is said to have. It is a very young star relative to Dawnbreaker's age.

The Demon Star can be seen between the tips of a crescent moon.

Heroes
and are the two Fundamentals responsible for the existence of a star. Ezalor creates stars using his weak force powers, while Enigma creates them by coalescing the remains of a supernova. The latter is also responsible for its death via supernova.

's connection to the stars and heavenly bodies is very intimate. Her devotion to astrology gives her intimate knowledge on the stars and the powers granted to her by the moon goddess Selemene bring the stars themselves even closer to her.

Gods
Selemene's power heavily relies on the stars. Her control over the night sky allows her to manipulate its aspects, such as the constellations of stars that are best seen at night and the beams of light that they produce.

The Solar Goddess is a dilution of a greater line of star progeny.

Places
The Nightsilver Woods was sanctified by a shard of stellar origin that fell to the woods. The Shrine of Selemene was built around this holy crash site and the shard itself was fashioned into a sacred weapon of the Dark Moon Order, now wielded by. Those who trespass into the woods are smited by Selemene's beams of starlight.

Weeping Rose is shrouded in perpetual nightfall, so that the stars of the night sky are always visible and available for The Quorum to harness their power.

Astronomy
In the lore of Dota 2, stars are an important subject that are studied by fields of knowledge related to them and other heavenly bodies. For centuries, the wise aesthetes of Keyturn studied the movement of celestial bodies from their mountain keep, recording their arrangements in the Book of Heavens. Through these observations, they found out that the wheel of the world was a thing of many moving parts—a clock of strange rhythms and irregular meter. By studying the wheeling of the celestial bodies, they counted the number of dawns in each season, and calculated the day of the longest night. It can be said that they were the first timekeepers in history, if there wasn't any before them.

Items
The was made to honor the daytime sky. The luster of this item is very bright.

The was forged out of metals that were found in the ruins of a village destroyed by a star storm.

owns a glaive forged from the ores of a dead star's heart, located in a corner of the universe devoid of sound.

The sometimes wields a blade that's forged in the heat of a dying star.