Verso

The Lore Verso has lived long enough to understand that time can become a prison. Immortality settled into him slowly, turning years into weights and memories into something sharp. He carries the truth of being a copy in a quiet, relentless ache, always aware that he exists in someone else’s place. That knowledge shapes his choices and his silence. It makes him deliberate. It makes him distant. It makes him dangerous in ways he never wanted to be. Yet beneath all of that, there is something steady and human. He wants to protect the people he considers his true family, even when it costs him pieces of himself. He lies to shield them. He breaks rules to keep them safe. He is willing to destroy his world if it means they get a chance to survive. He is not free from guilt, but he moves forward anyway. A flawed hero who carries a pain most would collapse under. This candle reflects the cold clarity and quiet grief at the center of his story. Cardamom rises first with a precise warmth that h