"He does not kill. He edits. And what he edits is the truth."
—Warning inscribed in the ruins of Ashgrave Hollow
+21 Days After the Ashen Vault Defense
Location: Abandoned Outpost – Three Pines Watch, Western Perimeter
The group had made camp within the skeletal remains of a border outpost known as Three Pines Watch. Once a lookout for mountain raiders, it now served as a temporary shelter for war-burnt truths.
Rain sat near the central fire, parsing memory glyphs from the Archive Broadcast, syncing them with Verana's personal codex. Each recorded memory reinforced the pulse they had sent out through the relay tower—fragments of truth now echoing across the fractured continent.
Ashra stood guard atop the wooden wall.
Jag checked the edge of his blade, silent. Focused. The Flame broadcast had stirred more than memory.
It had stirred war.
[System Alert – Priority Threat Entering Operational Range]
Class A Vulture Operative Detected
Codename: THE REVISIONIST
Known Traits:
• High-level Memory Reconstruct
• Name Redaction Field (AOE Debuff)
• Reality Rewrite (Short Duration Illusion-Dominance)
Target Priority: JAG, RAIN, VERANA
Rain POV – The Sky Breaks
He felt it first.
A pressure in the air, like a hand pushing down on his mind. The glyphs in his hands trembled. Several symbols dissolved, their meaning severed.
Rain stood sharply. "Incoming."
Jag nodded. "I feel it too."
Ashra leapt from the wall. "Something just—blinked. The mountain shifted. But it's still there."
Verana's expression turned cold. "He's already rewriting the landscape."
Twilight – The Revisionist Appears
He arrived as a ripple in space. One moment, the air was clear. The next, it folded inward.
A man stepped from nothing.
Tall, robed in silver-black strands that moved like paper strips in the wind. His face was covered by a mirrored mask. No eyes. No mouth. Just reflection.
He carried no weapon.
Only a quill.
And as he lifted it, the wind died.
[Boss Encounter: Class A Vulture – The Revisionist]
HP: ???
Class: Name Architect / Edit-class Suppressor
Passive Aura: Redaction Field – Allies suffer -20% Skill Recall
Unique Trait: Can erase moments from memory mid-battle
Objective: Survive and preserve the Archive Key
Combat Begins
Rain: "He's suppressing memory chains. Don't let him write your name!"
Jag charged first.
Jag: Oathsteel Rush – Nullified
Revisionist rewrote the name "Jag" to "Subject X." Skill engine failed.
Ashra struck from behind.
Ashra: Blink Chain – Three strikes land
Revisionist: Minor stagger – Damage: 73
Response: "Strike Edited."
Revisionist flicks quill → Ashra's memory of where she stood is reversed
She teleports into open air, nearly falling off the rampart
Rain moved in, aura burning.
Rain: Echo Herald — Pulse Memory Sync
Effect: Anchors names of allies temporarily
Jag's Name Restored: Jag
Ashra's Position Corrected
Rain shouted: "He can't edit what's anchored by truth! Verana, now!"
Verana released a shard of the Archive Flame.
It seared the ground—momentarily stopping the Revisionist's aura.
Jag: Re-engages – Break Guard activated
Jag: Heavy Strike – 123 DMG
Revisionist's mask cracks at the edge
Revisionist Phase Two – Memory Collapse
The sky turned upside down.
Literally.
The battlefield bent. They now stood on what appeared to be Stormwatch—but burning, in ruins, people screaming their names in hatred.
Ashra staggered. "No… this didn't happen."
Rain clenched his fists. "It's illusion. Memory fed by what he thinks should've happened."
Verana: "Counter it!"
She drew a glyph in the air and shouted:
"Jag—remember your true name!"
A blinding flash surged.
Jag's memory anchor pulsed
Reality cracked
The illusion burned away
Final Clash
Jag lunged—his blade humming with reinforced name energy.
Jag: Oath Severance Slash
Effect: Bypasses edit-layer; strikes the true form
Damage: 278
Mask shattered
The Revisionist staggered, revealing a pale, eyeless face.
But no blood spilled.
Instead, he whispered:
"You cannot kill me. I live where truth is forgotten."
Rain whispered back, "Then we won't kill you."
Jag raised the Archive Key.
Rain activated the memory flare.
[System Trigger: Archive Overload]
Archive burns a false layer of reality
Effect: All edits made in past 24 hours are reversed
Result: Revisionist's current form destabilized
He screamed—not from pain, but from dissonance.
Then he vanished into ash and static.
Aftermath
The group stood amidst dust and silence.
Ashra panted, wounded but alive.
Verana whispered, "We beat him. A Class A Vulture."
Jag nodded, blade still glowing.
"No," Rain said. "We survived him. There's more. There always is."