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Page 1: Arrival in the Hollow Constellation
Panel 1: Hakiro and Celestia travel through a glowing rift in space, stepping into a new dimension.
Panel 2: The sky is pitch black but filled with radiant, crystalline stars—each one a dormant world.
Hakiro (awestruck):
"This… isn't just a place. It's a graveyard of civilizations."
Panel 3: A massive ring-shaped construct floats in the distance, pulsing with energy.
Celestia:
"Welcome to the Hollow Constellation—the home of the Exiled Realms."
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Page 2: The Wraithborne Watchers
Panel 1: On a ruined moon, armored beings with hollow eyes and cloaked bodies whisper to one another.
Panel 2: A larger figure steps forward—Lord Veyrix, an ancient Void Warlord whose body is covered in jagged obsidian armor and black tendrils.
Veyrix (growling):
"A living Voidborn dares tread here? Sacrilege…"
Panel 3: He raises a hand. The watchers screech and vanish into shadows.
Veyrix:
"Send the Hollow Hounds. Tear the flesh from their hope."
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Page 3: Civilization of Nythra
Panel 1: Hakiro and Celestia arrive at a glowing city built into a floating whale-shaped asteroid.
Panel 2: The inhabitants, the Nythari, have translucent skin, multiple eyes, and soft glowing tendrils.
Panel 3: The Nythari queen, Seraphix, floats toward them with grace.
Seraphix:
"You are not the first to arrive here seeking truth… but few survive it."
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Page 4: New Allies, New Dangers
Panel 1: A young Nythari engineer, Juno, offers to guide Hakiro.
Juno (excited):
"You're the Void Ascendant? I've read myths about your kind!"
Panel 2: The skies suddenly darken—portal storms swirl violently above the city.
Panel 3: Celestia draws her blade.
Celestia:
"Something's coming…"
Panel 4: A pack of shadow-beasts bursts through the clouds—The Hollow Hounds, with mouths full of black fire.
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Page 5: Chaos and Clarity
Panel 1: Hakiro leaps into action, his aura flaring with void energy.
Panel 2: He punches one beast into a rift—but three more take its place.
Panel 3: Celestia slashes through shadows, but they keep regenerating.
Panel 4: Juno triggers a shield barrier, protecting civilians.
Juno:
"They're feeding on fear—we need to calm the energy field!"
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Page 6: Unlocking the Inner Void
Panel 1: As Hakiro's power surges, he hears a voice within him—his father's echo.
Voice (whispering):
"You are not only the Void... you are its balance."
Panel 2: Hakiro's eyes glow pure white, and a new mark appears on his arm—the Sigil of Null Equilibrium.
Panel 3: He spreads his arms wide, channeling a controlled Void Ascendant burst.
Panel 4: The Hollow Hounds dissolve into stardust.
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Page 7: Seeds of War
Panel 1: Far away, in a twisted citadel built from dead stars, the Moderator stands before a towering, monstrous figure—The Emissary of Collapse.
Moderator:
"Hakiro grows faster than expected. You will ensure his evolution ends here."
Panel 2: The Emissary's hand is made of shifting bone and flame.
Emissary (rumbling):
"If he enters the Realm of Collapse… he dies screaming."
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Page 8: Aftermath and Resolve
Panel 1: Celestia tends to Hakiro's wounds.
Celestia (softly):
"You accessed a new part of yourself."
Panel 2: Hakiro breathes deeply, his hand over the new sigil.
Hakiro:
"And it scares me."
Panel 3: She gently touches his hand.
Celestia:
"Then let me face the fear with you."
Panel 4: A soft moment as stars drift around them.
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Final Page: Toward the Collapse
Panel 1: Seraphix shows them a path leading to a black hole-shaped temple.
Seraphix:
"If you wish to understand your true nature… you must enter the Realm of Collapse."
Panel 2: Hakiro, Celestia, and Juno step toward the portal.
Panel 3: In the distance, Veyrix watches.
Veyrix (smiling):
"Let the final descent begin."
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Next Chapter Teaser:
Hakiro and Celestia enter the Realm of Collapse, a reality-bending prison where time and memory fracture.
They confront manifestations of their worst fears.
The Emissary of Collapse emerges, warping reality around them.
A new Nythari warrior with a tragic past joins them.
Hakiro's power threatens to consume his mind—will he remain himself?
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To be continued.....