World Setting
The world, Nocthyr, is a gaslamp-gothic continent of ritual circles, sealed relics, whispering cathedrals, and gods who may or may not be debugging reality.
Power is structured through a system called "Sequences", mystical pathways that ascend through ritual, potion, and revelation. Each Sequence is tied to an Eternal Archetype that slumbers beyond the Veil.
Advance too quickly and you fracture. Advance too slowly and something else advances you.
Power System: The Veiled Sequences
Inspired by the layered mysticism of systems
1. Pathways
Each person can walk only one Pathway. Mixing potions from different ones leads to "Cognitive Collapse."
Examples:
Pathway of the Marionettist
Control emotions, memories, eventually fate threads.
Pathway of the Ashen Scholar
Gain forbidden knowledge, summon spectral libraries, rewrite small truths.
Pathway of the Blood Reliquary
Store abilities in bones and artifacts, weaponize relics.
Pathway of the Gilded Fool (Kael's path)
Trick reality through paradox, gamble probability, weaponize absurdity.
Each pathway has 10 Sequences, from 9 at the bottom to 0 at near-divinity.
2. Potion Advancement
To ascend:
Obtain the potion formula.
Gather rare ritual materials.
Digest the previous Sequence.
Survive the "Revelation Dream."
Fail, and you become:
A monster.
A relic.
A rumor.
3. Hidden Authority
Above Sequence 0 are Dormant Thrones, godlike Authorities left by ancient beings.
The catch?
They are not dead.
They are buffering.
Protagonist:
Kael Ardent
Blonde hair like someone dropped sunlight into a blender.
Smart, observant, not physically overpowered.
Knows the game's major events, but the timeline is already shifting.
Hates being manipulated, yet chooses the most chaotic Pathway possible.
He becomes:
Sequence 9: "Jester of Minor Probability"
Can slightly alter chance. Example: A bullet "accidentally" hits a chandelier instead of his head.
As he ascends:
Sequence 7: "Paradox Trickster"
Forces contradictions to manifest physically.
Sequence 5: "Golden Gambler"
Wagers lifespan for miraculous outcomes.
Sequence 3: "Crowned Absurdist"
Reality hesitates around his statements.
Sequence 1: "Laughing Apostle of the Veil"
Sequence 0 title:
"The Gilded Fool Who Sees the Punchline of Gods"
🕳️ Core Mystery
Kael realizes something horrifying:
The game he played?
Wasn't fiction.
It was prophecy.
And every "update" he remembers corresponds to a sealed ancient god attempting to wake.
Even worse:
There was never a player character in this world.
Something inserted him.
🧑🤝🧑 Main Cast
🕯️ Seraphine Vale
Pathway of the Marionettist
Calm, silver-haired information broker who speaks like she's mid-checkmate.
She suspects Kael remembers futures that never happened.
📚 Dorian Myrr
Pathway of the Ashen Scholar
Former cathedral archivist obsessed with forbidden scripts. Develops a sibling-like rivalry with Kael.
🩸 Veyra Thorn
Pathway of the Blood Reliquary
Stoic relic hunter who collects bones like trophies. Sees Kael as either a weapon or a liability.
🎭 Tone
Psychological tension.
Ritual horror.
Slow-burn revelations.
Strategic fights over brute force.
Occasional absurdity when Kael bends probability in the most inconvenient way possible.
The animation style blends ornate cathedral aesthetics with glitching golden light when Kael uses his abilities, as if the world briefly forgets its own rules.