> "What you see is only the bark. What you live through is only the prelude."
⚠️ Minor spoilers warning:
This auxiliary chapter contains light worldbuilding elements that will gradually unfold in the main story. It does not reveal any core plot twists but offers a glimpse into the structure of the universe beyond the protagonist's perspective.
Yes—he's not the only one. Other humans have been chosen… and so have other beings.
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Beyond the laws of physics, beyond what Earthlings call "reality", lies something hidden.
Not a place, but a system.
Not a myth, but a structure built by higher beings who watch, who judge, who test.
They call it: The Purgatory.
A word long misunderstood. For here, it is not punishment.
It is selection.
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The Purgatory is not a singular realm, but a sequence of worlds, of layers, each more alien than the last.
At first, those who enter must endure the unthinkable.
Creatures from forgotten nightmares. Twisted laws. Trials where death is sometimes not the end… but the beginning.
Then comes a disorienting moment—you return home.
You think it was a dream.
But nothing feels real anymore.
Your hands destroy. Your breath disturbs. Your presence warps the ordinary.
You are no longer human… yet you must learn to live among them again.
And this… is only the beginning.
There are worlds where nightmares take shape, where beauty is erased, and finally…
a place where you no longer fight monsters—
but yourself.
At the far end, they say a few survivors reach a stage where one must forge their own legend.
Not with words. Not with titles.
But with essence.
Those few, the rarest of all, are sometimes called:
Myth-Builders,
Transcendants,
or simply…
those who went beyond.
But beware.
The Purgatory is only a gateway.
A gameboard.
A test site.
Those who think they've seen it all…
have usually just begun.
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🔺 Karma
> The energy of players. It evolves. It marks. It remembers.
Karma is the primal force possessed by all who enter the Purgatory.
It is unseen, ever-shifting, and reactive.
It grows—or withers—based on every decision, every action.
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✴️ Divinity
> The energy of those who forged a Myth. The ultimate echo of their being.
Divinity is not found.
It is born—when Karma reaches its highest, purest form.
It is not a prize… but a metamorphosis.
"Karma makes you a player. Divinity makes you a legend