This appendix introduces the core characters without spoilers. Information may expand as the journey unfolds.
☠️ Fade
A boy who walked away from everything he knew, only to step into something far darker.Wields abilities granted by a broken system—yet his true strength may lie deeper than code.Cold, calculating, but never truly heartless. Follows a path where even death watches silently.
🔥 Zeyna
Loud. Wild. Reckless. But behind the fire is someone who understands pain more than most.Wields twin daggers, faster than thought, deadlier than fear.She walks beside Fade—not because she trusts him… but because something in her remembers him.
🕯️ The Old Man - Grandfather
A quiet presence from Fade's earliest memories.Taught him how to sharpen a blade… and when not to draw it.Gone before the world changed. Or perhaps… because of it.
Some voices Fade hears now sound like him.But that couldn't be. Right?
⚔️ Arven
A survivor. A realist. Often the calm in chaos, sometimes the ice.Trained in military tactics and ranged combat. Holds back more than just bullets.Doesn't trust Fade. Not yet. But he watches… closely.
🛡️ Darin
The younger of the pair. Loyal, emotional, reactive. But not weak.His strength lies in people—in what still matters.Wears his doubts like armor. And when pushed, he's the first to bleed.
🎯 Kaela
Tactical mind, mechanical hands.Once part of something bigger—now wandering with fragments of that past.Trusts systems, but is starting to see beyond them. Believes in what she can fix… and what she can't.