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Sotoria’s soul will never enter the Vale, it will continuously be reborn.

Kolis murders Mycella while she’s pregnant and destroys her soul.

Somehow, Nyktos miraculously survives.

TWO HUNDRED YEARS BEFORE SERA’S BIRTH:

King Roderick promises that the firstborn Mierel daughter will become the Consort of the Primal of Death.

Nyktos is about nineteen years old when the deal is made.

Eythos takes embers from himself and Nyktos and hides them in the Mierel bloodline.

He believes he’s hiding the embers in the one being able to stop Kolis—Sotoria’s reincarnation.

Eythos dies—killed while weakened by a shadowstone stab to the heart.

Kolis retains his soul and puts it in the Star diamond.

THE START OF SERA’S LIFE:

Sera is born—an en caul birth.

Rot begins in the mortal realm—possibly Iliseeum, as well.

The mortals believe it’s a countdown to the expiration of the deal that King Roderick made.

TEN YEARS LATER:

An oil spill happens in the Stroud Sea, and an enraged Phanos erupts from the water in a hurricane and destroys every ship in port, killing hundreds. His roar of fury sends shockwaves across the land and makes ears bleed. After, the waters were free of pollutants.

It seems to me that Phanos is channeling the Ancients a bit there.

SEVENTEEN YEARS AFTER SERA’S BIRTH (BIRTHDAY):

Sera is presented to the Primal God of Death to become his Consort.

Nyktos rejects her.

TWENTY YEARS AFTER SERA’S BIRTH (ANOTHER BIRTHDAY):

The Primal God of Death claims Sera.

TWENTY-ONE YEARS AFTER SERA’S BIRTH:

Sera is fated to die at age twenty-one unless she’s Ascended by Nyktos. But the catch is…he has to love her. And he’s incapable of love with his kardia removed.

It’s unclear if she’ll die due to the Culling/Nyktos’s blood, by Kolis’s hand, or another way.

If Sera dies, both realms die with her.

Thankfully, the fact that they’re heartmates means that Nyktos can love her. So, when he decides to be selfish and Ascend her instead of taking the embers and letting her die, she becomes the true Primal of Life.

FLESH AND FIRE CHARACTERS

As with the earlier part, this section contains information on individuals of note in the time of the gods. Here, too, I have recorded things I’ve found via research or saw, documenting them to be used for reference. If something happens to be missing, it’s likely because nobody recorded it—which is entirely possible since, for example, any and all mention of the Consort was erased—or I never saw it in my visions. If things come to light later, either through unearthed references or my sight, I will update the records as needed. But for now, this is a fairly comprehensive detailing of what happened when Seraphena Mierel entered Iliseeum, and those involved in the subsequent impactful and multi-realm-changing events.

SERAPHENA “SERA” MIEREL