The Prince Who Was Never Born
"Some names are erased from history not because they failed… but because they threatened to rewrite it."
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🏛 [Scene: The Chamber of Eternal Record — Cinderveil]
Riven stood before the sealed doors of the Chamber of Eternal Record, the holiest vault beneath the Citadel. A place where only kings were permitted.
And now, a boy who once burned in their name stood ready to rewrite it all.
In his hand: the Flamechron Quill.
Strapped across his back: the Ember Requiem.
Burning beneath his skin: the memory of Aedric Valtoris.
> "This is it," Lyara said beside him.
"Once your name is written in there… the world will never unknow it again."
Riven didn't answer.
Because this was more than a name.
It was a resurrection.
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🗝 The Door That Asked Questions
The stone door pulsed as if alive.
A voice, old and echoing, boomed:
> "State thy name.
And thy right to record."
Riven looked up, eyes glowing gold with emberlight.
> "My name… was burned from every scroll."
"Erased from every ledger."
"But I remember it."
"And now, so will the world."
He pressed the Flamechron Quill to the stone and wrote—
> Aedric Valtoris.
The door groaned.
Then shattered into embers.
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📖 Revelation: The Record of the Reborn
Inside, golden flame-script lined the walls, floating midair — stories of kings, battles, betrayals, victories.
But one section… was blank.
Until now.
Riven stepped forward and began to write his own truth—
> "I was born Aedric Valtoris, first son of King Theron Valtoris."
"I was declared traitor not for my crimes, but for my ideals."
"I believed in a kingdom of voices, not bloodlines."
"So they burned me."
His quill moved faster.
Words caught fire.
> "I died in flame… but flame remembered me."
"I returned — not as a prince, but as the writer of kingdoms."
"You may deny my throne… but you will not deny my story."
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⚡ Across the Realm…
As the last word ignited on the sacred wall, a shockwave of flame-text rippled across Cinderveil.
Every record room.
Every royal library.
Every sealed vault.
The name Aedric Valtoris returned — burned into scrolls, books, stones.
People gasped.
Priests fell to their knees.
Old enemies whispered: "The prince we killed… lives."
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🧊 In the Ice Halls of Caelen
Caelen Valtoris stood in the Cold Tower, staring at a painting that now had two brothers instead of one.
His hand trembled on the hilt of his frostblade.
> "So… you finally chose to remember, brother," he whispered.
"Let's see what the world does with the truth."
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💔 Selene Aurin's Awakening
Far in the desert province, Selene read the name etched in fire across her mirror.
Aedric.
Her breath caught.
> "No… it can't be.
You… you died."
Tears filled her eyes.
Not for the man she betrayed.
But for the boy she once loved.
And the storm of consequences now rising.
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💠 Power Unlocked: True Name – Aedric Riven Valtoris
> 🧬 All memories, powers, and flame sigils now stabilize
📜 Riven can now invoke royal seals of Valtoris by bloodright
🛡 Grants protection from false historical rewrites
⚔ Unlocks new ability: Flameborne Decree — lets Riven inscribe one truth per arc that becomes unerasable law
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📘 Final Lines
Riven turned from the now-burning wall.
He didn't weep.
He didn't rage.
He smiled.
For the first time in decades…
the kingdom had spoken his name.
And it would not forget again.
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