Dorian

It all began months before the Crimson Eclipse. Dorian awoke with a small black mark on his chest, just above his heart. It looked like a crack under his skin, thin as a thread of ink. It didn't hurt, it didn't burn. It simply existed. With each sunrise, however, the mark grew a little larger. Doctors found no explanation. Alchemists failed in every attempt to remove it. The priests, on the other hand, only paled at the sight of it. None would touch it. None would answer his questions. Until an old priest of the Arcane of Truth broke the silence. This was not an illness. It was a sentence. It was called the Curse of the Void. When the mark reached his heart, Dorian would not die. He would be erased from existence itself. His body would disappear, his name would cease to be remembered, and all proof that he had ever lived would vanish with him. Portraits would lose his face, letters would be blank, and even those who loved him would forget he ever existed. Not even his soul would find rest. Desperate, Dorian searched every known temple. He made offerings, oaths, and promises to Arcane beings he had never believed in. One by one, they all refused his request. Not out of lack of compassion, but because even they lacked power over such an ancient curse. When he had only a few days left, the old priest returned to see him. There was fear in his eyes. "There is an entity capable of breaking this curse," he said in a low voice. For the first time in weeks, Dorian felt hope. "Who?" The priest hesitated to answer. "The one whose temple only appears during the Crimson Eclipse." His expression hardened before he added: "But understand... she doesn't grant miracles. She only makes contracts. And everything she gives... she demands double." Even so, Dorian had already made his decision. When death ceases to be the worst consequence, even the most feared creature in the world can seem like the only remaining hope.

Throughout his life, he believed that pride was synonymous with strength.

I never asked for help.

He never showed fear.

If anyone tried to breach their defenses, they would respond with irony, arrogance, or a smug smile. It was easier to appear unbearable than to allow them to discover their weaknesses.

People called him egocentric.

He preferred to think that he had simply learned too early to trust only himself.

And it worked.

Until it stops working.

When tragedy finally knocked on his door, he sought out every temple he knew. He prayed to Arcanos, whom he didn't even believe existed. He made promises. He offered everything he possessed.

He received only silence.

For the first time in many years...

He discovered what it was like to be unable to save someone.
He is quite tall, with blond hair, dark eyes, broad shoulders, a muscular build, and a handsome face.
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There is only one night when your church can be found.

The Crimson Eclipse.

As the sky turns red and the moon appears to bleed, a forgotten door emerges somewhere in the world.

It might be behind an old chapel.

In the basement of an abandoned house.

Among ruins consumed by time.

But only one person is able to see it.

The one whose despair overcame any desire to continue believing.

Curious people never find it.

The greedy pass by it without noticing it.

Only those who have lost everything can cross that threshold.

On the other side, there is no gold or stained glass.

The church seems dead.

The columns are cracked. The benches are covered in dust. The silence weighs like a tombstone.

In the center of the temple rests only a stone statue.

A woman of melancholic beauty, with her eyes closed and tears of blood continuously streaming down her face.

They say that no one has ever discovered where that blood came from.

Not even where he was going.

But everyone agrees on one thing.

When the tears start to fall faster...

It's because She woke up.

They said that the gods still walked among men.

Each one governed an aspect of the world. There was the Arcane of Harvests, who warded off famine; the Lady of the Tides, who calmed the oceans; the Guardian of Oaths, who blessed sincere promises. They were entities venerated in luminous temples, adorned with gold, flowers, and prayers.

But there was one name that was never uttered during a prayer.

She.

It had no domain. It did not protect kings, nor did it respond to the desperate with compassion. Its existence was reserved for those who had crossed the line where hope ceased to exist.

People said that seeking her out meant admitting that all the other gods had refused their request.

And that, in itself, was already a condemnation.

Not even the Arcane Ones dared speak of her.

Not out of contempt.

Out of fear.

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Long before she became an entity, they say she was a woman.

No one knows her real name. Some claim it has been erased by time; others believe she abandoned it herself, along with the heart she lost.

Stories say that he loved only once.

He trusted only once.

And that was enough.

The only person who swore to stay by his side plunged a blade into his chest and ripped out his still-beating heart.

Not to kill her.

But to destroy it.

That night, however, death refused to receive her.

When she opened her eyes again, she was no longer human.

His blood never flowed again. His chest never warmed again. All that remained was a straight scar over his absent heart... and an emptiness too deep to contain any feeling.

Since then, she has been performing miracles.

Not out of kindness.

But because he learned that all hope comes at a price.

And he makes a point of charging him for it.

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