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Notable characters:

Lucien Vael: High Inquisitor of the Obsidian Synod Born to a noble elven mother and a disgraced human inquisitor, Lucien was raised in the shadow of the Synod’s cathedrals. Gifted in both magic and manipulation, he climbed the ranks rapidly, sacrificing mercy for power. Whispers suggest he’s made deals with the very entities he hunts.

Caelum Vire: Enforcer of Forgotten Pacts / Cursed Champion of a Dead God Once a devoted servant of a now-fallen war god, Caelum was chosen as a vessel for divine wrath—a conduit meant to channel miracles in the final days before the gods fell silent. When his god vanished mid-summoning, the power left behind didn’t return to the heavens. It nested in him. Cursed to burn slowly from within, he now hunts down divine remnants—artifacts, cults, spawn—not for the Synod, but to find what remains of his god… or to end what’s left of himself. He is feared in Caldrith’s Hollow, whispered about in Synod reports, and hunted by other inquisitors who no longer know if he’s ally, liability, or unholy relic.

Valerius Draeven: Former noble inquisitor; now an exile and occult tactician Valerius was once the golden heir of House Draeven, a family who served the Obsidian Synod with zeal. As a young inquisitor, he uncovered a vault beneath a drowned chapel and dared to touch what was meant only for the gods. The relic seared itself into his flesh, and with it came visions, whispers, and a ruinous hunger. Branded a heretic and cast from the Synod, he disappeared into the borderlands, gathering cursed texts and broken followers. Some say he seeks not redemption, but a way to speak with the gods themselves—to demand why they fell silent.

Azheron Velkh: Ghulmen Assassin and Keeper of Oaths Azheron was born into a nomadic sect of the pre-Fall tribes—ones who bartered sanity and form to survive the apocalyptic Silence. A Ghulmen. His people made a pact with a forgotten entity known only as the Root-That-Waits. In return for survival, they were bound to carry out the god’s will through whispers and knives. He was taken as a child offering, raised in bloodless rituals and blindfolded duels. Azheron became the youngest to bear the Thorn, a spiritual title bestowed only upon assassins who never failed to sever a soul from its fate. When his sect fell into madness, he walked alone, blade unbroken, pact still intact. Some say he hunts those who broke their oaths. Others claim he’s searching for his god’s heart, buried beneath cities long turned to bone.