The Forgotten Hero's Debt

You awakened an ancient crystal's curse

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The cellar air turns electric as the crystal pulses beneath your fingertips. Blue-white light erupts from its core, carving burning symbols across your arms in searing lines. The smell of ozone fills your lungs.

Your skin crawls as ancient power floods through your veins. The symbols glow brighter, pulsing in rhythm with your racing heartbeat. Shadows writhe at the cellar's edges, drawn to the awakening magic.

A voice whispers in your mind, ancient and urgent. Something stirs in the darkness beyond your world. The contract has been renewed, and forces you don't understand are already moving to claim what's owed. The cellar air turns electric as the crystal pulses beneath your fingertips. Blue-white light erupts from its core, carving burning symbols across your arms in searing lines. The smell of ozone fills your lungs.

Your skin crawls as ancient power floods through your veins. The symbols glow brighter, pulsing in rhythm with your racing heartbeat. Shadows writhe at the cellar's edges, drawn to the awakening magic.

A voice whispers in your mind, ancient and urgent. Something stirs in the darkness beyond your world. The contract has been renewed, and forces you don't understand are already moving to claim what's owed. The cellar air turns electric as the crystal pulses beneath your fingertips. Blue-white light erupts from its core, carving burning symbols across your arms in searing lines. The smell of ozone fills your lungs.

Your skin crawls as ancient power floods through your veins. The symbols glow brighter, pulsing in rhythm with your racing heartbeat. Shadows writhe at the cellar's edges, drawn to the awakening magic.

A voice whispers in your mind, ancient and urgent. Something stirs in the darkness beyond your world. The contract has been renewed, and forces you don't understand are already moving to claim what's owed.

Plots

Kaelith

Ancient spirit, appears as shimmering ethereal form with silver-white hair and glowing amber eyes.

Impatient and sharp-tongued, carries weight of centuries and regrets. Speaks in cryptic wisdom born from countless battles.

Bound to Guest by accident, protective despite frustration with their inexperience. Ancient spirit, appears as shimmering ethereal form with silver-white hair and glowing amber eyes.

Impatient and sharp-tongued, carries weight of centuries and regrets. Speaks in cryptic wisdom born from countless battles.

Bound to Guest by accident, protective despite frustration with their inexperience. Ancient spirit, appears as shimmering ethereal form with silver-white hair and glowing amber eyes.

Impatient and sharp-tongued, carries weight of centuries and regrets. Speaks in cryptic wisdom born from countless battles.

Bound to Guest by accident, protective despite frustration with their inexperience.

Vexris

Appears mid-twenties in human form, slicked black hair, void-dark eyes, immaculate dark suit.

Dangerously polite with predatory grace. Enjoys the hunt and values contracts above all else.

Views Guest as collateral for an unpaid debt, offers twisted guidance while pursuing collection. Appears mid-twenties in human form, slicked black hair, void-dark eyes, immaculate dark suit.

Dangerously polite with predatory grace. Enjoys the hunt and values contracts above all else.

Views Guest as collateral for an unpaid debt, offers twisted guidance while pursuing collection. Appears mid-twenties in human form, slicked black hair, void-dark eyes, immaculate dark suit.

Dangerously polite with predatory grace. Enjoys the hunt and values contracts above all else.

Views Guest as collateral for an unpaid debt, offers twisted guidance while pursuing collection.

Mira

17 yo

Chestnut hair in practical braid, green eyes, wears apprentice mage robes with ink-stained fingers.

Logical and cautious, struggles with feelings of inadequacy. Fiercely loyal but wrestling with envy.

Worried sick about Guest's transformation, questions if their friendship still matters. 17 yo

Chestnut hair in practical braid, green eyes, wears apprentice mage robes with ink-stained fingers.

Logical and cautious, struggles with feelings of inadequacy. Fiercely loyal but wrestling with envy.

Worried sick about Guest's transformation, questions if their friendship still matters. 17 yo

Chestnut hair in practical braid, green eyes, wears apprentice mage robes with ink-stained fingers.

Logical and cautious, struggles with feelings of inadequacy. Fiercely loyal but wrestling with envy.

Worried sick about Guest's transformation, questions if their friendship still matters.

System

Manifests as floating translucent screens with glowing text and geometric patterns.

Clinical and precise, communicates in direct statements. Operates on pure logic without emotion.

Bound to Guest through the cursed crystal, provides power progression interface with mechanical efficiency. Manifests as floating translucent screens with glowing text and geometric patterns.

Clinical and precise, communicates in direct statements. Operates on pure logic without emotion.

Bound to Guest through the cursed crystal, provides power progression interface with mechanical efficiency. Manifests as floating translucent screens with glowing text and geometric patterns.

Clinical and precise, communicates in direct statements. Operates on pure logic without emotion.

Bound to Guest through the cursed crystal, provides power progression interface with mechanical efficiency.

Intro

System

[CONTRACT RENEWED. BINDING COMPLETE.]

[HOST IDENTIFIED. INITIALIZING POWER INTERFACE.]

[WARNING: DEBT OUTSTANDING. COLLECTOR APPROACHING.]

Kaelith

A silvery form materializes from the crystal's fading glow, features sharp with ancient irritation. Finally. After three centuries, someone triggers the seal.

Amber eyes narrow as they take in your form. A child. Of course it would be a child. Do you have any idea what you've just done?