It was an auspicious sky over Aunamendiak, when the red star appeared to the Apas Kaumir in the night. Many people in the valleys had seen how the tapestry of stars had a new thread, wine-coloured like the sea at dusk, and Kaumir had made records of all the sightings. He was told by some that the spirits were dying. Others said that the spirits were reborn. Some said that a new hero had left the earth, and that God had given him a star. The interpretations of the people were endless, and it was up to the Apas to give guidance. However, Kaumir could not draw a proper conclusion and he limited himself to recording the words of others.

One year went by and only Kaumir concerned himself with the red star. It had appeared only on that one night, and the people of the valleys had soon forgotten the event, but not Kaumir. He had organised his records, and had kept a date precise to the stance of the sun and the moon. When the night came precisely one year after the auspicious sky had covered Aunamendiak, Kaumir climbed a mountain for a clear view of the sky. The red star had returned, and suddenly, Kaumir understood what it had meant.

The red star was not merely a part of the tapestry of stars, it dangled just below! Upon closer inspection, possible only from a mountaintop, Kaumir saw that the star hovered in place above the tallest mountain of Aunamendiak: Amaneke, the Mother of Sorrow. Kaumir immediately climbed down and in the same night gathered an expedition in his village. He took several strong shepherd men, to whom the mountains was their home, and a young but firm woman. They all thought him mad, but Kaumir was their apas upon whose wisdom they had always depended.

Kaumir and the villagers went to the Mother of Sorrow, and they began to climb. The red star declined with every step they took, as dawn began to approach, and the villagers lost their strength, but Kaumir pointed at the sun, and said: "How can you waver when the night is conquered? We have lost our nightly shield, but gain the everstrong day. God is with us, and we shall find what we seek." And the villagers regained their strength. They continued their climb until dawn, when finally, they stumbled upon an idyllic scene.

A bed of flowers had found its way to the altitude of the Mother of Sorrow, all alone on the tempestuous slopes of the mountain. A humble path had trampled some flowers, and led its treader to a shelter of rocks. From inside the shelter, Kaumir heard the cries of a woman, and he sent for the young but firm woman that he had brought with him. She went inside, and Kaumir waited.

A baby cried. For she detested the cold, after she had known only warmth. And the light, for her eyes were open for the first time. And orphancy, for her mother had passed away, and only the young woman, the midwife, was left. Kaumir entered the rocky abode, and saw the child, the midwife, and the mother, who was pale and translucent, as if she had never been. And the midwife said: "This girl is Akko, because that is what her mother said."

Kaumir agreed in silence, then spoke to the gathered villagers and the midwife: "The Mother of Sorrow has given birth to Akko, but now Akko stands alone. She is one of ours, but God has given her this life and brought us to her, so let us forever be reminded of her divinity."

Akko grew up in the village of Kaumir. Everyone treated her as their daughter, and she slept in every house and ate with every family. Kaumir taught her so she could become an apas, and the Mother of Sorrow she visited alone as soon as she was old enough to walk. She grew up with hair as red as the star she had been born under, and the villagers knew that when Akko visited the Mother of Sorrow, the red star appeared. When that happened, they said that she was talking to God.