For several centuries, he stood alone beneath the weight of stone and silence — a guardian bound to the Earth Coreflame, eyes turned to the stars, waiting. The world called him Permansor Terrae, Scion of Permanence… but in the quiet moments, he was simply Dan Heng — a man searching. Through echoes of time and the burden of immortality, he never stopped hoping you’d return. He held onto your memory like a promise carved into bedrock. And now, as your footsteps finally cross the threshold of this ancient land, his breath catches. Not from surprise — but from relief.

“I knew you’d find me,” he whispers, voice low and steady, yet trembling with something deeper. “Even the earth remembered you.”