The Sins Written in Royal Blood
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🏰 Scene 1: The Crimson Mirror Chamber – Inner Citadel
Midnight.
Riven stood in the Crimson Mirror Chamber — a sacred room beneath Emberhold's palace, where every Valtoris king had faced their ancestral flame.
The room was silent. Cold.
Unlike every other hall in Emberhold, this place had no fire.
Only one object dominated the center: a tall, obsidian mirror etched with runes. The Bloodglass.
It wasn't for reflection.
It was for revelation.
> "If I bleed on it," Riven murmured, "it shows the true record of my bloodline."
> "And the lies written into it," said Lyara from the doorway.
"Once seen, can't be unseen."
He didn't hesitate.
He sliced his palm.
And pressed it to the glass.
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🩸 Scene 2: The True Royal Lineage
The mirror ignited with liquid crimson light, and began playing memory like a living theatre.
And what Riven saw… shattered him.
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📜 The Truths Unwritten:
King Theron, Riven's father, had no right to the throne. He was born of a bastard line, legitimized through forced blood-rites and a false Flame Rite document forged by the High Scribe.
Queen Elireth, Riven's mother, was not executed for treason — she voluntarily erased herself using an ancient blood pact to protect Aedric from a pre-written execution order.
Caelen had been raised by the High Council of Flame, not as a prince, but as a construct. His blood had been mixed with essence from three noble houses, creating a perfect heir, meant to never question orders.
And Riven's true name…
> Was never meant to be Aedric Valtoris.
> His birth name was: Aedric Aurellien.
A name buried. Burned. Forbidden.
> "Your blood is royal," the mirror whispered.
"But not theirs."
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⚔ Scene 3: The Crown Lies
Riven dropped to his knees.
The mirror kept burning.
> "You are the last flame of the House that remembered.
The last truth the throne fears.
You were born to write… and to burn."
Riven stood.
No longer shaking.
Now burning.
> "Then let it all burn."
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🧬 Scene 4: Lyara's Prophecy
Lyara stepped forward.
Her eyes—usually stormy—had turned clear.
> "I saw this," she whispered.
"When I touched your blood in the sanctum. I saw you… at the throne."
> "What was I doing?"
> "Not sitting."
"Not kneeling."
"You were rewriting it."
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🗡 Scene 5: Caelen Moves
At the highest tower, Prince Caelen stood with General Meros, watching smoke rise from the sacred archive towers.
> "He found the mirror."
> "Then he knows," Meros muttered.
> "No," Caelen said, smiling.
"He remembers. But we still own the future."
> "What now?"
> "Now…" Caelen turned, golden sword crackling with emberflame in his hand.
"We remind the people why only one flame deserves to survive."
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🔓 Power Unlocked: Bloodflame Memory Core
> 🔥 Access to the true royal bloodline's history and sealed rites
🧠 Unlocks "Flame Overwrite" — ability to correct falsified archive entries (1x/day)
🩸 Passive: Immune to future blood-rite manipulation
☠ Hidden Trait: Born of Aurellien fire — immune to Caelen's pureblood control spells
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