He dies of malaria but is cryogenicly frozen and revived years later only to realize all his friends and family are dead. He then wakes up.
it is the noun form of complement
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In the story, it was the time of the Night or Rebirth when all creatures diet. The moon changes from young and beautiful(she was described as mesmerizing and luminescent) to old and weak(she became a sprinkle of sparkling dust, or the title "embers of moonlight" itself)