Origins: The Blood of Ice
Born into the legendary Snow Family, Agatha Snow was destined for greatness, though her childhood was anything but conventional. From the moment she took her first breath within the frozen halls of Flykra, her fate was intertwined with both humanity's survival and the enigmatic Erythari.
The Snow bloodline carried a genetic anomaly—a trait that made them immune to Erythari psychic feeding, forcing the parasites into a symbiotic relationship rather than a predatory one. As the youngest daughter of the ruling Archon of Vetr, Agatha was expected to follow in the footsteps of her ancestors.
But her birth brought something unexpected.
An Erythari—a spectral being, shimmering with ethereal light—had attached itself to her moments after birth. Unlike the wild Erythari that plagued human colonies, this one did not attempt to consume emotions but instead bonded with her, becoming a guardian of sorts.
It was given a name: Freya.
Childhood: Cold and Isolated
Agatha grew up in the frozen palaces of Flykra, shielded from outside influence. The Snow family's traditions were strict—emotional suppression, discipline, and absolute obedience. While other children played freely, Agatha was taught how to control her mental state, ensuring that her presence never disrupted the fragile balance that kept Erythari symbiotic within the system.
But Agatha was different. Unlike her ancestors, she harbored untamed emotions, hidden beneath her aloof and reserved nature. While the Snow family tolerated emotional suppression as a means of survival, Agatha felt every emotion intensely—she just refused to show them.
Her solitude was broken only by Joe Maya, the heir to the powerful Mayan Dynasty of Vashara. Joe was everything Agatha was not—warm, charismatic, and fiercely independent. Their friendship blossomed despite the rigid expectations placed upon them.
For Agatha, Joe was her one connection to the world outside Vetr, the only human who did not make her uncomfortable.
For Joe, Agatha was his anchor in a world of endless political scheming, where betrayal lurked behind every corner.
The Separation: Joe's Exile to Eden
At age ten, Joe's life was shattered. His stepmother, a ruthless politician with ambitions beyond Vashara, viewed him as an obstacle. She had no biological connection to Joe—he was the sole heir to the Mayan dynasty through his father and deceased mother's lineage.
Determined to erase his claim to power, his stepmother devised a plan. She would send him to her home world—the heavily industrialized Eden System, a brutal contrast to the war-hardened military traditions of Vashara.
Joe was forcefully exiled to Eden, placed under the custody of his maternal grandparents. The hot, atmosphere, the towering metal cities—it was the antithesis of his life on Vashara.
For Agatha, the loss was devastating.
With Joe gone, the world felt empty. She had never been close to others—her presence was unnerving to most, a reminder of the Snow family's eerie reputation. Without Joe, she withdrew deeper, her emotions—already fragile—becoming dangerously unstable.
And when Agatha Snow's emotions cracked, the consequences were never normal.
The Dangerous Shift: Freya's Reaction
Freya, her Erythari companion, had existed peacefully alongside her for nine years. Unlike the wild Erythari that fed on human emotions, Freya never consumed Agatha's psyche—she merely lingered, ever-present, watching over her in quiet symbiosis. She just basked in the presence of Agatha new demanding emotional sustenance from her.
But as Agatha's emotions surged, Freya began to change.The Erythari were drawn to emotion—it was their nature. And for the first time in her life, Agatha couldn't suppress her feelings.
Grief.
Rage.
Abandonment.
Freya absorbed every wave of distress, her once-ethereal form shifting into something darker. Her passive glow turned volatile, flickering with unstable pulses of energy. At the same time some of unbeknownst to others Freya's power of being ethereal were transferred to Agatha
Vetr's suppression fields—the artificial barriers designed to keep Erythari passive—began to falter near Agatha's residence. Scientists took notice, warning the Snow dynasty that something was wrong.
Agatha's emotional instability was triggering an unprecedented reaction in Freya.
For the first time ever, an Erythari bonded to a Snow family member was exhibiting behavior akin to a fully-fledged predator.
The Looming Catastrophe: Agatha's Choice
Her father, the ruling Archon Ragnar Snow, issued a decree—Agatha was to undergo emergency emotional suppression training. If she failed, Freya would be deemed a threat and forcibly removed.
Agatha refused.
She didn't want to forget Joe.
She didn't want to silence her emotions.
But she also knew that if she lost control completely, Freya might transform into something the galaxy had never seen before—a fully corrupted Erythari, bound not by hunger but by an intimate connection to her emotions.
There was only one solution.
Agatha would have to find a way to reach Joe. Thus, she made a secret plan: Retrieving Joe Maya.
Vetr had minimal military presence—it had always relied on its natural resistance to Erythari to survive. But Agatha knew where the Mayan Dynasty kept their secret transport channels. With the help of a sympathetic scientist loyal to the Snow family, Agatha devised a plan to Hijack an unregistered transport ship and fly undetected to Eden. Find Joe and bring him back before Freya's instability escalated beyond control. She must escape back before Maya family forces or Sol Dominion spies could intervene. Her plan was reckless, fueled by desperation, and childish desire to get back with her only friend. If she failed, Freya's transformation would become irreversible. If she succeeded, she could restore balance—both to herself and to the fragile symbiosis holding Vetr together.
Agatha Snow was no ordinary child. Everyone at Vetr knew she was the last link between humanity and the Erythari, the first human in history whose bond with the parasites was growing into something far beyond simple symbiosis.
The war continued to rage across the galaxy, but within the frozen halls of Vetr, another war had begun—one did not fight with armies, but with emotion, loyalty, and an unstable bond between species.
Her fate was uncertain.
Her power was unlike anything seen before.
And soon, the galaxy would learn that Agatha Snow was more than just the heiress of the cold—she was something far more dangerous.
Agatha had always thought of Freya, her bonded Erythari companion, as a peaceful presence—a silent guardian that lingered near her, neither threatening nor feeding off her emotions.
But after Joe's forced exile, something changed.
Freya's energy fields, which had remained passive for nearly a decade, began to flicker erratically, responding to Agatha's emotional volatility. The very psychic suppression fields across Vetr weakened in areas surrounding Agatha, as if her grief was tearing through the delicate balance that kept the Erythari contained.
Signs of instability appeared:
The temperature of her immediate surroundings dropped to unnatural levels, even in the already frigid conditions of Vetr.
Objects within her residence occasionally shuddered or cracked, as though subjected to an unseen gravitational force.
Freya's form darkened, shifting unpredictably between ethereal translucence and something more… solid.
For the first time in recorded history, an Erythari seemed to be altering its fundamental nature in response to a human's emotions.
But this was only the beginning.