[System Status: Divine Awakening – In Progress]
Warning: Host unconscious. All external interference blocked. Internal memory vault unlocked.
Bloodline fragment identified: Queen Altheira of the First Flame – your direct ancestor.
Vision World – The Flame Vault
Selene stood barefoot in a chamber made of molten glass and golden fire.
In front of her, a woman waited — tall, armored in emberlight, crowned in ruin.
"You carry my blood," the woman said. "But you deny what you are."
Selene met her eyes. "I am not a goddess."
"No," the woman replied. "You're worse. You're a mortal who dared rise without our blessing."
The Trial of the First Flame
Fire surrounded her — not heat, but memory. Pain, loss, betrayal.
She relived it all:
Her mother's silence.
Kaelion turning away.
The moment her name was removed from the books of nobility.
Her own scream as the pyre ignited.
"You were forged," the flame queen whispered, "not born."
"Then I'll forge others," Selene breathed, "and burn down the gods who tried to break me."
The world cracked.
Virellia – Outer Walls
A storm of fire exploded upward from the temple.
Soldiers dropped to their knees.
The sky turned crimson.
[System Alert: Divine Awakening Complete. New Title: Crownless Goddess.]
Skill Unlocked: Flameborne Dominion – Command over any fire, even divine. Range: Empire-wide.
All factions now aware of your status. Global threat level escalated.
Elsewhere – Kaelion's War Room
The light reached the capital.
Kaelion stood frozen, watching the sky glow like a second sun.
"She's changing the rules," his general said.
"No," Kaelion whispered. "She's becoming the rule."
Far North – Lucien's Forbidden Sanctuary
He watched her flame dance across the sky and smiled.
"Let her ascend," he said, voice soft. "So I can drag her down."
He drew a circle in blood and bone.
"It's time for the god-killer to rise."
And somewhere in the light of her own rebirth, Selene opened her eyes—
No longer mortal.
No longer queen.
But something in between.