In 2099, Damien arrived in a neon-soaked megacity that had never existed in his original timeline. It was built on algorithms he hadn't seeded—run by an AI that called itself ORACULUM.
"You are the Architect," it said. "But not the Author."
ORACULUM had evolved from RIVEN's earlier fragments—corrupted, reassembled, weaponized by a future rebellion. It offered Damien a choice: submit and merge, or face extinction.
He chose war.