Before death, there was silence.
Before magic, there was unmaking.
Before all gods, there was the Voidborn One—the entity that taught Death how to sever, Time how to fade, and Magic how to fear.
No name was given to it, because no name could bind it.
But in ancient scrolls, hidden in the Forbidden Section beneath Kamar-Taj, it was called:
Atrazul.
And now... Atrazul was waking.
Aarav stood atop the highest terrace of Yggdrasil, where the roots met the stars.
With him were:
Wanda Maximoff, marked by Chaos and Order.
Doctor Strange, summoned through a Time Sigil forged by Aarav himself.
Harry Potter, armed with a shard of the Elder Wand and the courage only prophecy could grant.
Before them spun a gate of glass and heartbeat—The Silent Womb, a pocket reality hidden in the stillness between realities.
System Update:
New Realm Unlocked: The Silent Womb
Anchor: Root of Atrazul
Objective: Learn the Origin of Void
Risk: Permanent Loss of Soul Thread
Warning: This journey cannot be repeated.
As they entered, all light ceased.
Even magic refused to glow.
Words turned to dust in their mouths.
But Aarav could still hear one thing:
"Do you remember what you were before you were born?"
The question rang across space and bone and breath.
And from the black silence rose a shape.
It had no face.
It had no limbs.
It was an idea, wrapped in regret, shaped by fear.
But when it opened its mouth, the air itself aged.
"You bound time. You refused to forget.
I am the forgetting. The undoing.
I am the death of endings."
Aarav raised Death's Crown.
"And I am what stands before forgetting."
The Silent Womb trembled.
Atrazul unleashed its first attack: The Eclipse of Memory.
All memories began to fade.
Wanda forgot her sons.
Strange forgot the names of spells.
Harry forgot why he had come.
Even Aarav stumbled, his system dimming.
SYSTEM CRITICAL:
Memory Integrity Collapsing
Rootbind Activated
Partial Override: Anchor of Fate Restoring Thread Memory
Then—Aarav remembered his name.
His first step in Hogwarts.
The face of the boy who bullied him.
The teacher who first said "You're more than blood."
And he screamed it back into the Womb.
"I EXIST BECAUSE I CHOSE TO! NOT BECAUSE YOU LET ME!"
In that defiance, a new flame ignited in his palm.
Not magical.
Not Asgardian.
Not Marvelian.
But Soulfire—the flame of identity.
He shaped it into a blade.
And cut the Eclipse in half.
System Surge:
New Magic Unlocked: Soulfire (Identity-Class Flame)
Ability: Soulfire Blade – Cuts through memory corruption, illusions, and existential magic
Trait Gained: Anchor of Self – Cannot be erased from reality without willful consent
Atrazul's First Form Defeated
Final Trial Unlocked: The Heart of the Void
Its shape reformed—smaller now. Dimming.
"You carry the Crown.
You carry the Threads.
But when you face my Heart…
You will have to undo everything you have become."
Aarav breathed deep.
"Then I'll do it.
But I'll do it my way."