> "The loudest wars are not always the true ones.
Some battles are fought in whispers, in erased pages, in broken vows.
And the silence that follows is the deadliest weapon of all."
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🌫️ The Blackened Temple — Lioren Speaks
The air trembled as Lioren's voice echoed through the chamber—deep, resonant, and burdened with ages of pain.
> "They say I was a traitor."
> "That I betrayed Astraeva, that I chose gods over mortals."
Aralyndra stepped closer, the Fragment on her arm glowing in fierce defiance.
> "What really happened?"
Lioren's eyes glimmered, haunted.
> "I was the last to stand with her. The last to hear her vow."
He raised a trembling hand.
> "They feared what I remembered."
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🜃 The Hidden History — The War They Erased
He told them of a war not written in any book.
A war between gods who wanted control—and those who wanted truth.
Astraeva and her allies fought to protect mortal voices from being silenced.
But the gods who opposed her conspired.
> "They erased the battle," Lioren said. "Not because they lost it, but because they feared it."
> "They rewrote the story to paint me as the villain."
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🌌 Karna Faces Himself
Meanwhile, outside the temple, Karna confronted a shadow.
A dark reflection of himself, forged from lies and rewritten memories.
> "You are the failure they wanted you to be," the shadow hissed.
> "Give up the fight."
Karna gritted his teeth.
> "I am what they tried to erase."
With a roar, he shattered the illusion with Truthbreak.
But the shadow's voice echoed as it vanished:
> "You cannot undo what has been forgotten."
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🌑 The Seventh Throne's False Prophecy
Back in the celestial realm, the Seventh Throne whispered into Saelira's dreams.
False visions of doom, betrayal, and endless cycles.
> "You are destined to fall," it hissed.
But Saelira's resolve hardened.
> "I am the voice that remembers."
She woke, Fragment burning bright.
> "Their lies are loud," she said.
> "But the truth is louder."
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🔥 The Reason the Gods Feared Astraeva
Lioren revealed the deepest secret.
Astraeva did not just protect mortal voices.
She shared her own power—her own throne—with them.
> "That throne was never just hers," Lioren said.
> "It was ours. The people's. The living."
The gods feared losing control.
> "So they erased her."
> "And made her a myth."
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⚔️ The Battle for Truth Begins
Outside, the rewritten army surged forward.
False Liorens screamed lies.
The army of memory stood firm.
Aralyndra, Karna, and Saelira led the charge.
> "For every name erased," Aralyndra shouted.
> "For every truth forgotten."
The clash shattered silence.
Truth and lies warred in fire and shadow.
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🌠 The Awakening
Inside the temple, Lioren reached out his hand.
> "Remember me."
And the temple walls began to pulse with forgotten memories.