LOGINNysera: The Goddess of Secrets Volume I – The Forgotten Goddess Chapter 5: Fangs and Shadows. Nysera knelt in the central courtyard, carefully polishing the black stone until it reflected the pale green glow of the soul-braziers. She was nearly finished when measured footsteps echoed behind her. The surrounding conversations died away. Disciples straightened instinctively, and several priests inclined their heads in greeting. Without looking up, Nysera already knew who had arrived. Not everyone in the Temple of Malzareth ignored its fallen failure. Some found amusement in reminding Nysera exactly where she belonged, and none more so than Vaelor. Among Lord Malzareth's favored prodigies, few names carried greater influence than his. Elders praised his exceptional mastery over the Corruption Authority, while younger disciples admired him with almost blind devotion. Though still young by divine standards, many believed he would one day stand among the temple's High Priests.
Nysera: The Goddess of Secrets Volume I – The Forgotten Goddess Chapter 4: Ashes of the Forgotten Names had power—or so the priests often said. A god's name was etched upon the glowing Pillars of Heaven, spoken in the prayers of countless mortals, and remembered long after kingdoms had fallen into dust. Nysera's name had received none of those honors. It had never been carved upon the Pillars, no heavenly bells had welcomed it into existence, and no worshipper had ever whispered it in prayer. It had been given for only one purpose: to remind her that she was nothing. Yet as she swept the endless halls of the Temple of Malzareth, she found herself quietly repeating it beneath her breath. "Nysera..." The word still felt unfamiliar on her tongue. She whispered it again, a little softer this time, and a faint smile touched her lips. For seven thousand years, she had been nothing more than Experiment 773. Now, she had a name. It had been given as an insult, but it belonged to
Nysera: The Goddess of Secrets Volume I – The Forgotten GoddessChapter 3: Seven Thousand Years Later. Winter gave way to spring. Spring surrendered to summer. The seasons came and went, but the nameless immortal and the young shadow hound remained. Years slipped quietly into decades, and decades blurred into centuries. The child grew taller, her hands becoming rough from endless labor. The softness of youth slowly disappeared beneath countless scars, and the bright curiosity in her violet eyes dimmed, replaced by a quiet watchfulness. She learned exactly when to lower her head, when to remain silent, and when to disappear before trouble found her. The temple changed around her. New Priests came and some Old Priests were reassigned, some had even died because of the scheming and betrayal that was deeply rooted in Malzareth temple. Apprentices became elders, and were assigned territories to monitor. Entire generations of lesser cultists passed like falling leaves, yet Lord Malzaret
Nysera: The Goddess of SecretsVolume I – The Forgotten GoddessChapter 2: The Temple of Forgotten Gods The first thing the child learned was not her own name. It was pain.The Temple of Malzareth had no nursery, no laughter, and no gentle hands welcoming newborns. Only screams. Before she learned to walk, the cries of failed experiments and sacrificed gods were the lullaby that carried her to sleep.To the priests, she was merely a cold entry inside Lord Malzareth's Black Ledger: Experiment Seven Hundred and Seventy-Three. Sometimes they called her Girl or It. Never once, Child.Her room was a freezing black-stone cell containing only a threadbare straw mat and a cracked clay bowl. Everything she owned could fit inside that bowl. She never complained; there was no one to hear her.Viewed as a disposable ghost, she drifted unnoticed through the corridors, assigned to the chores the priests disdained. Every morning before the first bell, she carried heavy buckets of dark water from th
Nysera: The Goddess of Secrets Volume I – The Forgotten Goddess Chapter 1: The Child Without a Name (Part II) The sanctuary doors closed behind Kaelor with a dull thud that echoed through the empty corridor. He did not stop walking. It wasn’t because he lacked the courage to return, but because he feared that if he hesitated for even a single heartbeat, he would turn back. Beneath the heavy folds of his cloak, the infant stirred, letting out a quiet, thin cry that pierced the heavy silence of the heavenly halls. Kaelor glanced down, his chest tightening as tiny, luminous violet eyes met his own. "So small..." he whispered, the sound swallowed by the vast stone corridor. The child answered by reaching a tiny hand toward his face, and for an instant, something deep inside Kaelor cracked. Memories he had spent centuries burying rushed to the surface—he remembered another pair of eyes, his own mother's, looking at him when he had first awakened as a young god. She had once told
Nysera: The Goddess of Secrets Volume I – The Forgotten Goddess. Chapter 1: The Child Without a Name (Part I) In the Celestial Realm, every divine birth was an event of cosmic celebration. When a god or goddess welcomed a new life into being, the massive Pillars of Heaven would groan as they etched the newborn's name into eternal stone. Sacred, resonant bells would ring across every divine territory, and rivers of liquid golden light would flood the skies for seven days and seven nights, signaling to all of creation that another immortal soul had taken its place in the cosmos. But on the day this child was born, the great bells remained silent. No shimmering name appeared upon the faceless stone of the Pillars, and no light crossed the darkened heavens. No gods came bearing blessings or gifts. The child entered the world in absolute stillness, as though the universe itself had been strictly ordered to pretend she did not exist. Hidden behind countless layers of radiant, blin







