The Eidolon of Jersey City

The Eidolon of Jersey City: Synopsis Razan Valentine is the king of compromise. As a sixteen-year-old Pakistani-American Muslim living in Jersey City, his life is a tightrope walk between the stringent expectations of his elders and his obsession with Shonen anime, where heroes are defined by their singular, explosive purpose. Razan feels perpetually split, trapped between two worlds and secretly wishing for a single moment of perfect, absolute control. His wish is violently answered one stormy night when a mysterious amber light bathes his room. Instead of physical superpowers, Razan manifests the Eidolon—a shimmering, intricate phantom of pure blue energy. This Eidolon is his psychic double, the silent, terrifying embodiment of his deep-seated need for order. It possesses the ability to manipulate its surroundings by enforcing Razan's intent, snapping broken objects back to perfection, or rewriting moments of chaos with breathtaking speed. Now armed with a power that feels like shirk and a secret that could tear his traditional family apart, Razan must master his dangerous companion in the quiet isolation of the city's alleyways. But as the Eidolon’s power grows and shadowy forces—drawn by the same energy that created his phantom—begin to close in, Razan realizes that his struggle for inner peace has become a literal battle for control over his own soul, and the fate of Jersey City itself. To become a true hero, Razan must stop compromising and finally embrace the dual identity he manifested.