When the World Begins to Forget Again
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⚡ Scene 1: The Pulse of the Nulllight Blade
The moment Caelen stabbed the blade into the Memory Well, a ripple of shadow tore through the ley-lines of Ithrael.
Monuments flickered.
Tomes crumbled.
Names scratched into stone began to vanish.
But it wasn't physical.
It was perception.
People turned their heads.
Forgot what they were talking about.
Some whispered:
> "There was a flamebearer… who was he again?"
Even rebels, those loyal to "Riven," blinked in confusion.
Selene dropped a book she was holding.
The ink inside it?
Empty.
A page that once bore his name… now blank.
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🩸 Scene 2: Selene's Panic – Fighting Memory Erosion
Selene grabbed her temples.
> "No. No no no—this is happening again!"
She tore open the memory-flame band Riven gave her.
A drop of fire spilled onto her wrist.
She chanted:
> "Ignis memoria, anchor in pain!"
A spark flared.
Riven's name appeared again across her skin.
But she was trembling.
> "It's not enough. I can't remember all of him."
Lyara grabbed her arm.
Her eyes glowed.
> "You won't have to.
I'll anchor the rest."
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🔗 Scene 3: Thread of Anchor – Lyara's Last Stand
Using her Empathic Flame Thread, Lyara plunged into Selene's emotional mindscape.
She found the core memory—
—A soft moment: Riven making Selene laugh, covered in soot after a training accident.
Lyara pulled it out, wove it into her own flame, and burned it into Selene's heartflame.
The bond sealed.
But blood trickled from Lyara's nose.
> "Two minds… one anchor. That'll hold for a while."
Selene gasped.
> "You could have lost your mind!"
> "Then I'd finally forget everything," Lyara smirked weakly. "Not a bad deal."
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🔥 Scene 4: Riven Feels It
Somewhere deep in the Veilforge Cavern—
Riven felt it.
A tug inside his chest.
Like something being peeled away.
He staggered to his knees.
His name—echoing inside his own head—began to fade.
> "No."
He punched the ground.
A crack formed—flame erupted.
> "Not again.
You took everything once.
Not this time."
Ignivar pulsed.
Still fractured.
But she whispered—
> "Then burn, Riven.
Burn a name they can never forget."
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🔥🔥🔥 Scene 5: The Reforging of the Self
Riven stood.
Held his broken sword in one hand.
And carved his name across the air using his blood and fire.
> RIVEN
The letters burned in flame above him.
A soul-mark.
A flamebrand.
Every soul connected to him through bond or pain—felt it.
Selene gasped.
Lyara cried out.
Even Caelen twitched.
And in the Memory Well—
The blade resisted.
The memory didn't die.
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💥 Trait Evolved: Namebrand Flame
> 🧠 Riven can now etch his essence into spiritual ley-lines
🔥 This prevents total erasure through memory magic
⚠️ Requires blood and pain — overuse causes soul fractures
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🌘 Scene 6: Caelen Reacts
Caelen stared at the Memory Well.
The Nulllight Blade hissed.
> "He's adapting."
Caelen growled.
> "Then I'll erase not just his name—
I'll erase the flame that remembers it."
He turned.
> "Send the Mirrorborn."
From the shadows, a dozen pale figures emerged.
Not living.
Not dead.
Not real.
Reflections of Riven's forgotten selves.
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