The Blade That Can Kill Flame
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🌌 Scene 1: Under Emberhold – The Chamber Without Fire
Caelen Valtoris stood in a chamber no flame dared enter.
A place so ancient it predated the Flameborne Kings.
Stone black as void.
Air cold as a tomb.
And on the pedestal before him lay the Blade of Nulllight.
No rune. No flame. No glow.
Just a flat black edge that seemed to devour all light around it.
This was the weapon of the World Before Flame.
Forged not to fight fire…
But to undo it.
Caelen wrapped his fingers around the hilt.
It hummed—soundless, but sharp.
A whisper only he could hear:
> "You seek to kill what never should have been born."
> "I seek balance," Caelen replied.
But his smile said otherwise.
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🗡️ Scene 2: Ignivar Senses the Threat
High above, in Emberhold's flame vault, Ignivar pulsed red.
Her edges hissed.
Flames curled around her sheath like nervous breath.
> "He has awakened it."
The sword's voice echoed in every firelit space.
Selene froze mid-step.
Lyara fell to her knees, her eyes bleeding blue light.
And Riven?
He felt it in his bones.
The moment the Blade of Nulllight opened its eyes to the world again.
He grabbed Ignivar.
And for the first time in his life…
The sword pulled back.
> "No," he whispered. "You don't get to be afraid."
But Ignivar's voice came through the hilt, low, shaking:
> "This is not fear, my bearer. This is remembrance.
I was forged in flame to fight men.
That thing… was forged to end me."
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⚔️ Scene 3: Clash in the Veil Corridor
At the Veil Corridor — the bridge of war between the upper and lower Emberhold — Riven arrived first.
Caelen came from the shadows.
No army.
No guards.
Just the Nulllight Blade in hand.
Riven drew Ignivar.
The flames surrounding him flickered uncertainly.
And then silence.
The two brothers stood face-to-face, each holding a blade that didn't belong in this world.
> "You've come to erase me," Riven said, voice hollow.
> "No," Caelen replied.
"I've come to erase the fire that remembers you."
And then…
The clash.
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💥 Scene 4: The Battle That Burned Silence
Ignivar struck first — her flames roaring like a phoenix in flight.
But when she met the Nulllight Blade, the fire hissed—then vanished.
Not dimmed.
Not resisted.
Unmade.
The edge of Caelen's blade didn't slice.
It deleted.
With every swing, it carved reality clean.
No heat.
No sound.
Just… absence.
Riven staggered.
He swung again. Harder.
But when Ignivar met the black edge, her own spine cracked.
And a sound escaped her—
> A scream.
Not from steel.
From memory.
> "You were my flame… and I failed you…"
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🩸 Scene 5: Riven Bleeds Flame
The crack in Ignivar pulsed gold, then red.
Riven dropped to one knee.
Blood poured from his palm—not red, but emberlight.
His connection to the sword… was tearing.
> "No," he whispered. "Don't leave me."
But the sword's voice was faint now.
> "I am… flame.
He is… void.
You cannot fight… what does not burn."
Caelen raised the Nulllight Blade again.
> "Goodbye, Riven."
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⚡ Scene 6: Intervention – Lyara's Vision Breaks the Battle
Before the final blow could land—
A scream tore through the corridor.
Lyara appeared in a burst of light, her fate-marked eyes glowing white-hot.
She held no weapon.
But she held a thread.
From her heart to Riven's soul.
A thread of prophecy.
> "He is not meant to die here!" she cried.
She threw the thread.
It wrapped around Riven's chest—
And time fractured.
Just enough.
The Nulllight Blade slashed—
—but missed his heart.
Still—
It struck.
Riven screamed.
The flame across half his body went black.
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🔥 Aftermath: Power Lost / Power Unlocked
> ❌ Ignivar – Severed
Riven can no longer call full flame from Ignivar until it's reforged
🔇 Sword has gone silent, memories fractured
> ✅ New Ability Unlocked: Flamebind Fragment
🔥 Riven's body has partially absorbed the memory-flame
🧠 He can now recall single lost memories with extreme effort
⚠️ Side Effect: Every recall causes soul-fracture pain and short-term memory bleed
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🕯️ Scene 7: Selene Wakes Screaming
Across the city, Selene shot up in bed, gasping.
Her hands clutched her chest.
A name burst from her lips:
> "RIVEN!"
And this time…
She remembered his eyes.
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