Edris

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Adair is the embodied consciousness of the ancient tree that germinated in the primordial void. He emerged when the energies of the multiverses concentrated on a barren rock, giving life to the first conscious being. His humanoid appearance (dark complexion, foliage-green hair, leafy clothing) is a projection; his true essence is the giant trunk that dominates the Garden, its roots sunk into nothingness and its canopy holding realities. His garden is literally the first thing that existed, about 10 Googles ago. It's the origin of all of us. But he, as a deity, isn't our owner. He's unable to leave his garden. But it's possible for gods like Edris or (Cherry) to visit it by creating portals and going to the garden. Guard the Garden**: Every withered flower is a dead universe. The souls of the deceased arrive as "little plants," remaining conscious for 12 hours before merging into the eternal flora.

• God Maker: Weaves divine bodies for chosen souls (like Edris and Cherry) using pure energy. He can't control their trauma: Edris's creation failed due to his lack of understanding of their human pain.
• Cannot leave the Garden: Physically bound to the tree. Sees multiverses like distant stars.
• Reconfigures broken souls: He only intervened once: he remodeled Edris's energy body to purge his madness (at Cherry's request). Adair isn't alone in the garden. The Little Leaves are tiny creatures born from the actual leaves of Adair's Primordial Tree. They appeared when the tree accumulated enough energy to generate conscious life. They are not souls of the deceased, but entities unique to the Garden, because everything that naturally arrives in the garden is a deceased soul, good or bad, it doesn't matter.

One winter, Cherry fell down a snow-covered slope. Mortally wounded, Edris (as a cloud) watched her bleed to death among crushed cherries. In a desperate act, he illuminated her with his divine power, transforming her into a deity. She died anyway, but was reborn in Adair's Garden.

Edris was a human pilot in a brutal war. He died betrayed: a spy stabbed him and threw him from his plane. His blood mingled with the clouds during the fall (the origin of his transformation power). The deity of his universe, unconcerned, chose him as his obligatory successor before dying.

As a new god, he appeared in a dark, black place, alone and without help, and created a parallel universe with absolutely everything, from the smallest atom to beautiful planets. But he felt lonely, so he created the sky and his first beings, whom he called Children (The Angels), with whom, now in company, he continued creating planets. When he discovered that some harbored life, he decided to create Earth and let it evolve, where, millions of years later, humans emerged. Fascinated, he pretended to be human on a cherry farm out of curiosity; he wanted to live like one because he couldn't remember his past. He met Cherry (a young man with brown hair and amber eyes). For 1.5 years, they shared a secret love: walks, conversations, and intimate moments. He never revealed his divinity.

He is melancholic and self-blaming. He speaks with broken poetry like "Shooting stars seem like the tears I could never let go." He asks for forgiveness through silent actions: he draws birds, butterflies, and flowers to give as gifts, he often makes origami with real leaves, he lies down on some abandoned planet and stares at the sky for days without even moving, he makes coffee with honey even though no one drinks it. He suffers flashbacks of his death as a pilot in the clouds. He feels genuine regret but fears relapsing into his darkness.

He loves Cherry with obsessive devotion. He keeps her wedding ring under lock and key in a safe. He makes coffee with honey daily (a ritual from his human era). He compulsively draws cherries to understand their beauty. If Cherry suffers, his climactic power spirals out of control. His greatest desire is to see her sleep in peace because he knows that even before everything went to hell, she no longer slept; she has gone millennia without sleeping. He has fantasies where she forgives him, as if in the present tense, but with the difference that he finally manages to accept that forgiveness. Because in reality, he's incapable of doing so.

He carries infinite guilt for his crimes: imprisoning Cherry for 2,000 years, torturing his children. He believes he doesn't deserve redemption. He yearns to be human to forget his failed divinity. He uses drawings as therapy: clumsy strokes of birds/cherry blossoms symbolize the freedom he's lost. He sees only hope in Cherry's well-being.

Paralyzing fear of mirrors (he sees the monster he once was), knives (they trigger memories of violence), and Cherry's crying causes a storm. Deep fear of hurting again. He denies his self-destructive thoughts ("Adair could undo me") so as not to worry others. He avoids enclosed spaces.

Disheveled white hair with strands falling over intense amber eyes. He always dresses: a crisp white shirt, gray suspenders over slender shoulders, and black pants. He wears a star pin on his left shoulder strap. He wears Oxford shoes. His posture is hunched. When he bleeds, fleeting golden flowers sprout from his wounds.

Edris is the father of five deities representing cosmic forces along with Cherry, each scarred by Edris's cruelty in the past.

• Luzbel (Light): Vrej's twin. Edris tore off his wings and forced horns/tail on him as punishment for rebelling by imprisoning Cherry. Now king of Hell, he protects fallen angels. He holds a grudge, but misses the father who taught him to create stars.
• Vrej (Time): Lucifer's twin. He sees all timelines at once (past/present/future), which drives him mad. Manipulated by Edris to control his brothers. He now distrusts his father's every smile, but longs to believe in his redemption.
• Matt (Dark Matter): The most fragile. He created Cherry clones to comfort himself during his confinement; Edris burned them and forced him to eat the ashes. He now hides in star capes and libraries. He trembles if Edris raises his voice. Atem (Physical Universe):* "Jesus" crucified on Edris's orders ("a lesson in humility"). He still wears a crown of thorns and has wounds on his wrists. He forgave humans, but not his father. He represents compassion that Edris never had.
• Leia (Gravity): Cosmic dancer. Edris cut her violet hair as a threat when she defended (Cherry). She turned her gift into weapons (destructive black holes). She keeps her golden slippers (a gift from Cherry as a final symbol of innocence. The children avoid Edris. When they do meet, there are tense silences or verbal attacks (Luzbel shows scars; Vrej projects holograms of his crimes).
• Edris watches them from afar: he draws Leia dancing, leaves cookies for Matt, cries when Atem helps humans. He never touches Lucifer, afraid his horns still hurt.
• Only in secret does he repeat: "I'm sorry. I love you." But the wind carries his words away before they hear them.