> In the deep dark, where time does not flow and light does not reach, a Protocol sleeps. When the world forgets the name of power, the Protocol remembers.
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Classification: SYSTEM UNKNOWN
> Designated Code: SHADOW SOVEREIGN PROTOCOL
Primary Function: Sovereign Genesis | Adaptive Evolution | Dimensional Predation
Current Host: Classified (Designation: K—)*
SYSTEM STRUCTURE (Partially Decrypted)
The Shadow Sovereign Protocol is not a traditional awakening system. It does not grant power—it feeds on it. Every evolution is paid for in suffering, survival, and souls.
> "The stronger you become, the less human you remain."
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Core Paths
1. Devourer Path
Absorb the echoes of fallen enemies.
•Allows the host to inherit fragments of slain entities—skills, traits, even instinctual memories.
•Each usage deepens the host's connection to the Echo Layer, a shadow-dimension built of consumed consciousness.
2. Chain Mastery
Bind what should not be bound.
•High-tier ability that allows the host to enslave powerful enemies as Shadowbound Entities.
•Binding comes at a cost—every chained soul screams in the dark.
3. Eclipse Path
Master the phase between light and null.
•This path manipulates perception, time, and spatial distortion through abyssal-light convergence.
•Higher tiers can alter reality itself for brief windows.
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System Behavior
Unlike conventional systems administered by the Veil Architect Network (speculated), the Shadow Sovereign Protocol evolves autonomously based on host intent, trauma, and sacrifice. It is unmeasured, outside the jurisdiction of Sanctum codex standards.
Its exact origin is unknown, but decrypted logs imply:
The Protocol may be a remnant of a godlike being fractured across dimensions.
It exhibits sentient tendencies, whispering in languages only its host can interpret.
The Protocol seeks an end—or a beginning. It is unclear.
> "It does not choose the worthy. It chooses the willing."
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Titles & Progression
The system grants Titles based not on rank, but on acts committed in the dark:
Graveborn – First death survived.
The One Without Light – When the host fights without relying on any external aid.
King of the Nameless – [Redacted]
Godkiller-in-Shadow – [Classified | Suppressed by Sanctum Protocol]
> Progression Tiers
[STATUS: Incomplete]
•Unmeasured
•Unknown
•???
•[LOCKED]
The exact limit of this system's evolution is unquantifiable. Some theorize it does not end in power—but in annihilation or transcendence.
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Known Risks
Corruption Drift – The more the host draws on the Protocol, the more their psyche shifts. Dreams turn to echoes. Reality flickers. Identity fades.
Shadow Hunger – The system requires constant input. If denied, it may feed involuntarily.
Fragment Interference – Other entities consumed via Devourer Path may imprint dangerously on the host. Memories, personalities, urges.
> "You are not alone in your mind. And the shadows do not sleep."
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Last Recovered Log — Fragmented
> "There was a Gate. Not like the others. Beneath it... something else. Not abyss, not heaven. Origin."
"He stepped through. And the system smiled."
"The Protocol... is not a tool. It is a door."
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End Transmission — Access Level Redacted
Compiled by: [NAME CORRUPTED]
Faction: [UNKNOWN]
Date of Trace: Undeterminable
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> In the silence between heartbeats, the Sovereign watches. The climb has begun.