Collected from torn prophecies, hidden scrolls, and survivors' murmurs.
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Fragment A – The Oracle's Warning:
"He comes not with footsteps, but with hunger. Vael watches from the shadow between breaths, from the pause of hearts. To hear his whisper is to see the fracture in one's soul. Power given, humanity lost. One must choose: light, or nothing."
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Fragment B – Survivor's Murmur:
"I heard it last night, while hiding beneath the ruins. A voice, neither male nor female, spoke my name. It promised strength to survive, yet I felt my own hands betray me. They say it is Vael, the hunger that devours not bodies, but the very essence of men."
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Fragment C – Scholar's Fragmented Note:
"Vael is no god, yet older than the temples. His name appears in no scripture, yet his hunger predates the dawn. He feeds on fear, on doubt, and the cracks within mortal hearts. The Fractured are his instruments, though some resist, if only briefly. Beware the temptation of the whisper; it is both guide and abyss."
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Fragment D – Common Folk's Song (Whispered in Fear):
"He watches in the dark,
He tastes the frightened heart,
Power comes at a price,
Better never to start.
Vael waits in shadow deep,
And in your dreams, you'll weep."
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Fragment E – The Lost Page of a Priest's Diary:
"Even the gods have forsaken us. Yet still, Vael hungers. He speaks in dreams, in quiet corners, in the pauses of night. Some who hear him rise with strength, others fall into madness. I fear the boy… the one whose eyes can see the hidden threads. Vael's whisper follows him always, shaping, testing, waiting."
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Vael's presence is never overt, yet it is absolute. He is the shadow behind every choice, the hunger behind every temptation. Those who come close to power, like Kael, feel his pull. And though mortals may resist, Vael is patient — for hunger never tires.