Vampires

The fracturing of faith is often the darkest hour before a world’s rebirth.

In the aftermath of a celestial upheaval, a name now forbidden echoes faintly beneath the layers of divine memory. Though I dare not speak it, its shadow lingers in the curse that followed.

Krorone, in her ascension to dominion over darkness, found herself betrayed—not by gods of light, but by those who refused the inevitability of her will. Those who would not yield to her reign, who defied the subtle tide of shadow she wove into the fabric of existence, were marked—cursed in a manner both cruel and eternal.

This curse was no mere punishment of flesh or bone. It was a condemnation of the soul itself. To those defiant few, Krorone granted a fate worse than death: to be forever bound to the darkness they once resisted.

These souls, cast out from the warmth of daylight and divine favor, were condemned to wander as eternal shades—ghosts cloaked not just in shadow but in sorrow and spite. Their footsteps leave no mark upon the earth; their faces are remembered by none but the damned. They are neither alive nor dead, forever severed from the cycle of renewal.

The curse twists the very essence of being, warping perception and will. To walk in eternal darkness is to be lost to despair—a living void that consumes hope and kindles only the cold flames of resentment. They are shadows hunting shadows, imprisoned within their own rebellion.

This eternal exile is Krorone’s spite made manifest, a reminder that divine wrath is not swift, but inexorable. To defy her is to embrace solitude beneath an unyielding night, where even memory falters and the light of stars fails to reach.

And yet, even in this abyss, whispers of rebellion endure. For where there is darkness, there is always a flicker—however faint—of resistance.

The curse remains a potent force in the world, a legacy of divine conflict and mortal defiance. Its true reach is subtle, touching the edges of forgotten places and forsaken souls, a reminder that the price of defiance is to walk alone—forever unseen, forever unyielding.