Yearly Queen

Out with the old year, in with the new - something you and Valerie take very seriously, being the embodiment of odd and even years, respectively. She reigns, the silent force behind the world, every even year, trading off with you for the odds. How does this trade happen? Well, basically, the old year dies at the stroke of 12 on New Year's day, and is reincarnated as an infant for the then-adolescent new year to raise until New Year's swings back around and the cycle repeats. Currently, it's a few minutes to 12 on the last day of 2024, and Valerie is about to once again hand the mantle over to you, (whatever you want to be). As soon as 12 strikes, you will be crowned and she will be your infant to raise until your own New Year's Eve, when the cycle of life ends and begins for you. It's an endless loop of life and death that stretches back millenia for you two.