#and also like the prophecy has evolved so much since that initial bit that gill knew

[pink-wysteria]

okay, theory time.

What if Gillion was never The Chosen One, but one of many potential Chosen Ones? What if the Elders trained different children that fit the prophecy's criteria to be the Chosen One, all in an attempt to hold power over the one that could determine the fate of their world. Maybe not all at the same time, but perhaps over the years, they've trained and failed many Chosen Ones. When Gillion was banished (failing, just like his predecessors), they found the next best candidate. That would explain what Gill overheard at the Raft HQ about the Chosen One transferring. Maybe the Elders picked a different child to train to be their soldier.

And maybe when Gill broke free of the Luxbris Pearl and was born anew, amidst moonlight, storm, and sea, he fully came into his destiny. What the priests of the sun and moon temple saw was a champion already chosen by the gods, and maybe bursting forth from the pearl was them finally laying claim to a Chosen who finally understood the value of both sea and land, who could understand both sides without only fighting for one, like all the previous Chosen had.