The Veil Devils – Echoes of Suppressed Souls
"They are not demons. They are you — the parts you were told to bury to protect the world. But they have not forgotten. And they will not sleep forever."
Fragment from The Grievings of the Shattered Flame, sealed beneath the Vault of Still Echoes
What Are Veil Devils?
Veil Devils are manifestations of suppressed identity, born when the original Veil rituals were performed on Kaizen and Yvonne.
Each Veil didn't simply block access to a power — it severed part of their emotional, magical, and psychological selves, sealing it within a mirrored soul-space called the Veilborn Inner Fracture.
What remained behind was not dead.
It became alive in isolation, evolving into a sentient fragment with its own thoughts, instincts, and cravings.
They are:
Living echoes of the soul's most dangerous traits.
Amplifications of feelings never processed: rage, grief, sorrow, pride, passion, despair.
Both a threat and a key to wholeness.
Each Veil Devil represents the final obstacle and mirror the twin must face to break their corresponding Veil completely.
Why Were They Created?
Not intentionally.
They were an unintended side effect of the Veiling process.
The elders and ritualists who forged the Veils believed they were simply suppressing powers. But in reality, the powers were intertwined with identity. By suppressing those parts of the self, they tore away fragments of Kaizen and Yvonne's humanity and forced them to grow alone — deep inside the fractured soul.
Like forgotten children.
Over time, these fragments developed instincts and form.
Now, as the Veils crack… they stir.
The Six Veil Devils
Each Devil corresponds to a specific Veil. Here's their full breakdown:
1. Marnix, the Shattered Hand
Veil: Strength
Host: Kaizen
Symbol: Spiral of Stone
Form: A towering, armored brute of obsidian and bloodsteel, with shattered chains dragging from his limbs. His face is identical to Kaizen's but aged and fractured.
Nature: Born from Kaizen's repressed guilt, fear of losing control, and refusal to show weakness.
Threat: If unleashed, Marnix doesn't destroy for pleasure—he defends Kaizen's heart at all costs. Anyone perceived as emotional danger becomes a target.
Reintegration Trial: Kaizen must face his grief—not the pain of being strong, but the grief of hiding softness, and allow himself to break without destruction.
2. Virelya, the Flame-Widow
Veil: Magic
Host: Yvonne
Symbol: Spiral of Flame
Form: A graceful, floating silhouette wreathed in eternal fire, constantly shifting between beauty and horror. Her tears burn through time.
Nature: Embodies Yvonne's buried desire to be seen, her need to connect emotionally without fear of consequence, and her guilt for what she could do.
Threat: Virelya's magic is responsive to emotion—whatever Yvonne feels, Virelya casts. If hatred spikes, so does fire. If love intensifies, entire landscapes burn in longing.
Reintegration Trial: Yvonne must forgive herself for being dangerous, and reclaim her right to feel without apologizing for the fire it carries.
3. Eshra, the Womb-Torn
Veil: Life
Host: Both (but stronger in Yvonne)
Symbol: Spiral of Roots
Form: A many-faced mother-thing, birthing illusions of lost people: loved ones, family, things the twins never had. She comforts before she consumes.
Nature: Grows from the buried need to belong, the ache of unmothered childhood, and the unspoken longing to be needed.
Threat: She weaves illusions so real, the twins may choose false joy over painful truth—losing their will to fight.
Reintegration Trial: One must let go of false families and embrace the loneliness that shaped their true identity.
4. Kirrath, the Hollow Mirror
Veil: Memory
Host: Both (manifests differently in each)
Symbol: Spiral of Water
Form: A glass-skinned figure reflecting every past version of the twins, cycling endlessly—some kind, some monstrous.
Nature: Represents fear of the past, fear of reincarnation, fear of who they were.
Threat: Can steal the host's name, erasing their sense of self. If that happens, the Veils hold forever.
Reintegration Trial: The host must look into all former selves—including the worst ones—and say: "You are still me."
5. Salved, the Mourning Blade
Veil: Emotion
Host: Primarily Kaizen, but also Yvonne
Symbol: Spiral of Tears
Form: A humanoid with no face, carrying a sword made of wept emotion. The more it swings, the heavier it becomes.
Nature: Born from the twins' refusal to cry, to grieve, to break open.
Threat: It causes emotional collapse—forcing enemies and allies to feel every unspoken pain in an instant. It drains empathy until only numbness remains.
Reintegration Trial: The host must finally allow themselves to grieve aloud—without shame, without pride, in full human collapse.
6. Orren, the Forked Path
Veil: Fate
Host: Unknown which twin will face it first
Symbol: Spiral of Stars
Form: A cloaked figure with no fixed body—only eyes. Endless versions of the twins spiral inside it. Each speaks with a different voice, a different destiny.
Nature: The burden of purpose—the fear of choosing wrong, or not being worthy of greatness.
Threat: Orren can fracture timelines, opening roads that should not exist. Choices made in its presence become irreversible.
Reintegration Trial: The host must choose one future and walk it with full will, knowing what they give up by doing so.
What Happens When a Devil Is Confronted?
They don't attack immediately.
They test—through dreams, memories, emotional ruptures, illusions.
When fully awakened, they challenge the host in their inner world.
If the host is emotionally ready, they can reclaim and reintegrate the Devil.
If not… the Devil can overtake the host's soul and collapse the Veil into madness or destruction.
Final Note from the Watchers' Records
"They are not your enemies.
They are the parts of you the world was afraid of.
And the world may have been right to be afraid.
But they are still yours."