The Flashback Arc Begins
"He never raised his voice. Because he didn't need to.
The universe listened the moment he stepped forward."
— Eon Thalor
Scene 1: The Forgotten Record
Long ago… before the Five.
Before Kaien.
Before the world knew how to fear…
There was a presence. Not a king. Not a conqueror.
A flame that walked in silence.
A young scholar opened a sealed vault deep beneath the Vault of the Forgotten.
Inside, she found it.
The unwritten chapter. The first erased truth.
A name:
RAHUL.
Scene 2: When He Walked Through War
The world was burning.
Civilizations collapsing under divine oppression.
Pantheons demanding blood.
Kingdoms sacrificing their own to remain untouched by the gods.
And into that came Rahul.
Not with an army.
Alone.
He walked through fire barefoot.
Gods tried to speak to him. Their voices died before reaching his ears.
"Why doesn't he speak?" a war priest asked.
Eon Thalor, watching from afar, whispered:
"Because his silence is heavier than our judgment."
Scene 3: The Trial of Empyreus
A high god named Empyreus—the Judge of Flame—challenged Rahul.
"You stand alone. You have no court. No creed. No divine right."
Rahul said nothing.
Empyreus attacked first.
It was the last thing he ever did.
Rahul didn't strike. He absorbed the god's flame.
Unbothered.
Then stepped forward.
The god shattered.
Not with violence.
But from the weight of real power.
"He didn't fight to win," Eon later said.
"He just reminded the stars what fear felt like."
Scene 4: The Crown Refused
A hundred kings and queens bent the knee.
Offered him thrones. Worlds. Galaxies.
Rahul stood over them and said his first words in years:
"Keep your crowns. I don't want to rule. I want to end the need for rulers."
Scene 5: Alone on the Balcony
That night, Rahul stood under the stars.
His cloak was tattered. His body, tired.
But he didn't sleep.
He stood at the edge of the sky, watching.
Waiting.
Not for war. Not for praise.
For peace.
Final Scene: The Child in the Fire
A scream echoed in the distance.
Rahul turned.
A child—crying. Burning. Left behind by fleeing villagers during a divine purge.
He walked into the flame. Picked up the child.
And the fire went out.
The child looked up.
"What's your name?"
Rahul didn't answer.
But he smiled.
And in the background…
a piece of the flame entered the child's eyes.
That child…
Was the first bearer of the Voidflame after Rahul.