The Scrivener and the Specter

A scrivener in the royal capital watches the executed Hero, Lysandra Veyne, return as a corpse-pale specter with a cracked Sacred Sword. She walks toward the castle, seeking only those who killed her. As guards fall back and old cheers curdle into silence, Alden must choose whether to step aside, speak her name, or bear witness. His choices will shape what the capital remembers—and what her cold reckoning leaves standing.