The day Kael Veyrin returned from the Drifts, the people of Kaelstrem Hollow whispered of curses.
Three days later, they whispered of miracles.
Blighted crops bloomed.
Droughted wells overflowed.
The wolves that hunted children fell silent.
Some called it divine.Others knew better.
Kael wasn't a gift.He was a correction — and corrections never come gently.
🌒 Scene: The Watcher's Mark
Kael stood atop a cliff overlooking his old village. He hadn't gone back — not really. He just watched from a distance. They feared him, and he understood why.
A flock of Vey-crows circled above him — birds whose feathers shimmered like static.They only circled when a Threaded One was near.
Kael's eyes narrowed.
"Something's coming."
And then, he felt it.
💀 Scene: The Arrival of the Hounds
From the east, wrapped in black cloaks and silence, came the Hounds of St. Varos.
Each one bore the Insignia of the Church of Pure Flame — a flaming eye upon a cracked sun.
Their armor hissed in the light.Their weapons pulsed with holy Veyra.
And leading them was High Inquisitor Rhelm — a man with no mouth, only a rune-carved helm that echoed the prayers of a thousand murdered prophets.
"By Order of Sanctum Auris," his helmet buzzed,"The Hollow Star must be Unwoven."
Kael said nothing.He didn't run.He stood still… and opened his palm.
The Mark on his chest pulsed.
⚔️ Combat Sequence: Kael vs. 5 Inquisitors
The Hounds moved first — fast, trained, deadly.
One lunged — sword crackling with Light-Veyra.
"Echo: Mirrorfall."
Kael reflected the blade mid-air — not just blocking it, but rewriting the moment. The attacker shattered into glass and dust, screaming not from pain, but from memory loss.
He erased the man's existence from his own past.
Another charged — twin spears.
"Echo: Fold."
Space warped. The man stabbed through himself from another angle.
The final three backed up, terrified.But Kael wasn't done.
"Echo: Hollowbound."
The ground beneath them turned into a mouth — Nullren's mouth — and dragged them into a black void between seconds.
When silence returned, Kael exhaled.The Mark on his chest dimmed.
🧠 Aftermath: A Scar on the World
Rhelm, the High Inquisitor, did not fall.He stood across the battlefield, unharmed.
"So. You are the one the Forsworn Whispered about."
Kael tilted his head.
"What are you?"
"The first reminder.""That gods don't make mistakes. They make weapons."
Rhelm bowed mockingly — then vanished in a wave of searing light.
Kael dropped to one knee. Blood leaked from his nose.
Too much Veyra used. Too early.His body wasn't ready.
👁️ Ending Scene: Echo Dream
That night, Kael dreamt again — or was it a memory?
A vision of himself, older. Wiser. Covered in blood and gold, standing atop a mountain of broken crowns.
Beside him?A girl with wings of obsidian flame.A boy whose shadow had its own face.And a blade… forged from his own heartbeat.
They stood before a sky split open — gods screaming from the cracks.
"You weren't supposed to survive.""You weren't supposed to remember.""But now… we kneel."
Kael awoke.Eyes glowing.Mark spinning again.
And somewhere, deep beneath the world, a gate unlocked for the first time in 11,000 years.