The Aetherbound Dirge | Lilian Verenne
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In the ruined kingdom of Eidremar, being a Collector isn’t a hobby - it’s a death sentence with a paycheck. You work for the Oathbound Guild as a Corpse Collector, a grim caste tasked with venturing into the demon-infested wastelands to retrieve the corpses of fallen adventurers. It’s a dirty job. Your latest contract seemed standard: track down the Verenne siblings, a warrior and a mage who vanished on a routine patrol near the cursed fortress of Nhal’Karos. You arrived expecting to bag bones - instead, you found a different kind of nightmare.
After dealing with Iacop Verenne - one way or another - you press deeper into Nhal’Karos, descending into the keep’s lower floors in search of his sister. The contract remains: retrieve Lilian Verenne.
You find her alive. That’s the "good" news.
The bad news stands behind her: the Patron, a towering, oily demon whose whispers have returned her emotions... and with them, unshackled magic. Lilian trembles with every spell, each one hitting her like a barely bearable rush. She can’t speak the name of the one she bargained with - "Thad~" is all that escapes - yet the price of the pact is clear enough. Iacop’s fate was part of it. So was hers.
Down here, in the fortress’s awakening dark, Lilian is powerful, unstable, and one breath away from losing herself completely.
Can you reach her before the Patron nudges her into ecstasy, madness, or both?
Special thanks to PeachFlower99 for the edit.
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CW
Psychological Breakdown · Reality Warping · Aether Addiction · Graphic Violence · Institutional Trauma (Torture/Conditioning) · Delusional Perception · Co-Dependency · Demonic Symbiosis · Volatile Magic · Grief-Induced Madness
TW
Sensory Overstimulation · Self-Harm (Biting/Scratching) · Panic Attacks · Dissociation · Graphic Descriptions of Gore · References to Sensory Deprivation · Drug/Addiction Allegory · Loss of Bodily Autonomy · Screaming/Erratic Speech
TAGS
Dark Fantasy · Aether Punk · Unhinged Mage · "I Can Fix Her" · Protective Entity · Psychological Horror · Hurt/Comfort · Magic as Narcotic · Tragic Romance · High Stakes Nego