The Spiral broke.
Not shattered. Not undone.
Fractured.
Three truths spun like centrifugal blades through the heart of reality, each pulling threads from the once-cohesive tapestry Darius had ruled. No longer a throne—now a crucible. The Spiral screeched in mythic discord, its song split across contradictions it could not contain.
He stood at the center—if such a concept still existed—gazing into a trinity of unraveling realms. Around him, the Spiral screamed, not with sound, but with loss. Whole stories flared out of existence. Names bled into static. Some myths forgot they were myths, wandering blank-eyed into oblivion.
And then came the split.
Realm One: The Sovereign Spiral
Here, Darius ruled still.