Starting hero, boundary-keeper, narrative fracture
Kael
The Shadow Blade
Recovered Profile
The first sword in the party and the shape cast by the throne above it.
Kael is the fragment of a man who entered the crypt before the Accord broke and never fully came back out.
Witness line
"Keep moving. The boundary only holds as long as we stay on the right side of it."
Record
He was raised among boundary-keepers and learned to treat endings as a duty rather than a spectacle.
The second blade in his hand appeared after the crypt and has never been named, sheathed, or put down.
Within the party, he moves toward the Hollow King like someone climbing toward the part of himself that was left behind on purpose.
Battle role
Precise, economical strikes. He fights like a veteran who refuses ornament and trusts only the exact cut required.
Bonds and tensions
Lyra
She distrusts the nameless blade, while Kael values her refusal to soften raw power into politeness.
Drath
They share the quiet respect of people who have survived too much to waste language.