"Legacy isn't about who remembers your name. It's about what burns after you're gone."
— Rahul, final entry in the Hidden Flame Codex
Scene 1: Olivia's Crystal — The Truth Inside
Night. Tower balcony.
Kaien and Olivia stood side-by-side, the sealed crystal floating between their palms.
Voidflame licked the surface. Celestial Bloom coiled within.
They each pressed their fingertips to the surface.
It cracked.
A projection ignited — not a message.
A memory.
A living one.
Rahul appeared — not in full armor, not as the Emperor… but dressed simply. Hair unbound. Calm.
"If you're seeing this," he said, "it means you chose each other."
He looked directly at Kaien and Olivia.
"Good."
"The world will burn for your love. It always does. But that doesn't mean it's wrong."
He turned toward Kaien.
"You carry two flames now. Mine… and your own."
"When they try to make you choose between mercy and power…"
"Burn the question instead."
The crystal dissolved into stardust.
Olivia whispered, "He knew we'd be together."
Kaien said nothing.
But the light in his eyes burned steady.
Scene 2: Solas vs. Zephyr — Conflict Ignites
Elsewhere in the courtyard, Solas trained with gravity weights while Zephyr leaned against a column.
Zephyr: "You're going to break the tiles again."
Solas: "Then don't stand there."
Zephyr: "Not all of us were raised in a fire cage."
Solas: "You're right. Some of you were raised weak."
Kaien stepped in just as Solas threw the first punch.
Zephyr blocked it — barely.
Kaien caught both fists mid-air.
"Not now."
"He insulted—"
"I said not now."
The two stepped back.
But the tension didn't break.
Aren whispered to Aeyra:
"Do you think they'll ever like each other?"
Aeyra: "Only after one of them bleeds."
Scene 3: The Book Updates Again
In the study, the Book of Echoes opened midair.
Words burned across the page:
"One bloodline will vanish."
"One will rise from memory."
"One sibling will fall…"
"…but not die."
Valenya frowned as she read it.
"Which sibling?"
Aeyra didn't answer.
Because she already knew.
And she was terrified.
Scene 4: The Realm of the Flameborne
That night, Kaien walked alone to the Vault under the Citadel.
The Voidflame inside his chest stirred.
A symbol on the wall — Rahul's crest — pulsed with light.
"You are blood."
The wall opened.
No one else could follow.
He stepped into a black void of stars.
A voice waited for him.
Not a whisper.
Not an echo.
Rahul.
Scene 5: Rahul Speaks
Kaien stood before a starlit throne, empty for thousands of years.
Rahul stood behind it.
Not glowing. Not fading.
Just… present.
"You've done well."
"But now comes the real choice."
Kaien stepped forward. "Why now? Why speak to me now?"
Rahul looked at him.
"Because you finally started walking your own path."
"You're not me. Don't try to be."
He raised a hand.
Kaien saw every moment of Rahul's final war — the one no records ever showed.
A battle not to win… but to protect a child no one remembered.
"Was that child...?"
Rahul nodded. "Rahn."
"Your brother?"
Rahul's jaw tightened.
"A failure. Not because he was weak… but because he believed love made us fragile."
"He'll come for you."
"He'll try to convince you to burn the world."
"And the truth is…"
"You could."
"But if you do…"
He stepped closer.
"You'll become me."
"And that would be the second greatest tragedy in our line."
Kaien's voice was low. Steady.
"And the first?"
Rahul turned away.
"That I never had someone to stop me."
Final Scene: The Crown Between Flames
When Kaien stepped out of the Vault, his siblings were waiting.
Valenya. Aeyra. Aren.
Valenya: "Did you find what you needed?"
Kaien looked at her — really looked.
"No," he said.
"I found what I was always afraid of."
And behind him…
The symbol of Rahul's legacy began to burn again.
Not as a throne.
As a question.