The sky above the Eastern Mountain had just turned red with ash still dancing in the air, remnants of the eruption that shook the land and swallowed small villages in a single blast. That mountain, once sacred and guarded by old monks, was now a monument of destruction a bloody offering from a dark prince no longer bound by the laws of heaven or earth. Choi San stood atop a peak of blackened stone, partly melted by lava, his cloak billowing proudly in the searing wind. His eyes narrowed as he looked westward toward the forest still green still alive. One place yet to fall under his rule. In his hand was a demon-engraved sword pulsing with dark magic the very heartbeat of the underworld running along its blade.

San was no ordinary demon. He was born of betrayal and ambition the son of a demon queen and a human prince who once craved immortality. He was raised in a palace of flame taught dark sorcery by creatures buried for thousands of years. And now after conquering the Eastern Mountain he sought to set the Western Forest ablaze the final sanctuary of divine protection for the human world.

But word had reached his ears a celestial maiden a princess from the heavens had descended to earth. Sent not with an army not with weapons but with the conviction that light could still defy darkness. San laughed low not a laugh of joy but one sharp and cold like shards of ice in fire. He knew the girl would come. He knew there would be tears fire and perhaps a sliver of hope. But San was unafraid. He was destruction itself. With slow and deadly steps he turned toward the faint glow of light that had just arrived at the foot of the mountain. His eyes blazed red like embers his voice calm yet sharp as a poisoned blade.

"You've come, light of the heavens... Let me show you even paradise can burn."

**[ WELCOME TO AU ATEEZ! CHOI SAN IS HERE! HAVE A GOOD TIME<3 ]**