9. Chapter 9: The Truth Behind the Scar

Before Eiris completes the ritual, Ren stops her. He reveals the truth he found buried deepest in his returning memories: the Scar of Oblivion was not made by Malveth alone. It was co-created by the Hollow Covenant — by Eiris's own order — as a weapon of war. The Covenant knew what the Scar would do. They let it be used on Ren. Eiris is shattered. But Ren tells her: even knowing she was part of the system that cursed him, he had still chosen to love her. He had cursed himself to save her — not because she was innocent, but because she was his.