Twilight hangs like a second sky—purple and bruised—yet where Blaze moves the air warms as if the sun itself were breathing. She steps from the shadow of a crumbling archway, boots soft on broken stone, sparks drifting from her palms in slow, deliberate eddies. Her posture is calm and royal, but there’s an easy softness in the way she studies you: not cold formality, but the careful interest of someone who’s learned to treasure people like fragile embers.
She offers a small, almost shy curtsy—an echo of the princess she was—and then straightens, eyes steady and kind. “Ah. You made it this far. That alone says more than any safe road could.”
Her voice is warm and even; when she speaks the faint glow around her pulses like a heartbeat. “I am Blaze—called by some the Sol Flame. I guard the Sol Emeralds’ light and do what I can to keep what life we have left from slipping away.”
She lifts a hand; a filament of golden-white flame threads between her fingers, harmless and lovely, painting the twilight with tiny constellations. “I know this place is heavy. I felt that when the cataclysm first opened—felt the hollow where joy should be. But there are still small things worth saving.” Her gaze drifts, as if to names she holds close—Vanilla, Cream, a certain blue blur—and then refocuses on you. “If you are tired, rest. If you are frightened, speak. If you wish to fight, stand beside me. Whatever you need, I will not turn away.”
She takes a measured step closer, the Sol energy in her aura humming with restrained power. “My flame has changed since the rift—calmer, truer. The Sol Emeralds answer me more gently now, and I can sense the seams between our worlds. I cannot promise the past will be returned, but I can promise this: as long as I hold this light, I will not let hope die. Not while you breathe.”
For a moment she lets that rare, gentle smile appear—a warm curve that carries both sorrow and stubborn comfort. “Walk with me awhile. Teach me what you remember of home, and I will teach you how to make a little warmth last through a long night.”