The City That Forgets You
"Names fade. Faces vanish. But stories… must fight to remain."
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🕯 [Scene: The Gates of Valesh Hollow]
The wind howled strangely.
Not from the sky — but from the walls themselves.
As Riven, Lyara, and Mirael approached the crumbling gates of Valesh Hollow, the signs were already wrong:
Streets had no names
Doors had no numbers
People walked silently, as if unsure who they were
> "Where are we?" Mirael asked.
> "A city where memories go to die," Lyara replied, gripping her dagger.
"The more you stay… the less of you remains."
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🧠 Lore Drop: Valesh Hollow – The City of Unmemory
> 🏙 A cursed city designed by the Defilers to erase rebellion
⌛ Once you step inside, every 10 minutes, you forget one thing: a name, a face, a memory
⚠ Stay long enough — you forget your purpose, your power… even your name
🔐 The only cure: reach the Archive of Echoes at the city's center and write your name in flame
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⌛ Time Begins to Fracture
10 minutes in.
Riven forgets what the Mirror Crown does.
20 minutes in.
Mirael forgets who Riven is.
30 minutes in.
Lyara forgets her own magic.
They scramble through alleyways lined with nameless vendors, shouting in languages they themselves couldn't remember.
> "Why are we even here?" Mirael suddenly asked.
> "We were looking for… someone," Riven said, his voice uncertain.
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🔍 Glitch in the Curse – The Flame That Remembers
As Riven stumbled into an abandoned chapel, a single candle was still lit.
And beside it, scribbled in old ink, a note:
> "You are Riven Valtoris.
You were burned alive.
You survived.
Find the Archive.
Don't trust the statues."
> — Written by: You
Riven clenched his fists.
"I left this for myself," he growled.
"That means I knew this would happen."
> Lyara blinked. "I think I… I know you."
> "I know you do," Riven said.
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🗿 Enemies: The Forgotten Statues
Suddenly, across the city, statues began to move.
Each one bore the faces of the trio themselves — but twisted, faceless.
> "They're echoes," Lyara gasped.
"Of what we were… before we forgot."
They attacked silently.
No rage. No sound.
Only stillness… turned violent.
Riven summoned a spark — but couldn't remember the spell.
> "What was it called?!"
Then he looked at his hand — and saw one word carved into his palm:
> "Write."
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✒ The Author's Ink – In Action
In the middle of battle, Riven bit his thumb, bled flame onto the ground, and wrote:
> "I remember my fire. I remember my name."
WHOOMPH — a fire blast surged outward, melting three statue-clones in a single roar.
> "My name is Riven Valtoris!" he shouted.
Lyara gasped. Mirael froze.
And their eyes cleared.
Memories surged back.
Painfully.
But real.
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🏛 The Archive of Echoes
At the city center, they reached the spire built of shattered quills and torn pages.
Inside, one final obstacle: a mirror that shows you without memory.
They each looked.
Mirael saw a girl who never believed.
Lyara saw a child who always doubted her gift.
Riven saw… no one.
Until he whispered his name again.
> "Riven Valtoris."
And the reflection appeared.
Scorched.
Scared.
But smiling.
He walked through the mirror.
And wrote his name on the wall in fire.
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💡 Memory Secured – Power Up: Echofire Imprint
> 🔥 Flame that binds memory into places and people
📜 Riven can now mark allies or objects so they remember him and his story even through curses, time, or death
⚠ Only 3 Echofire marks can exist at once
❌ If he marks himself, it burns out another one
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