Elira was born in the scorched wastelands of the Ninth Circle, where even the most damned dared not tread. She was no ordinary soul—she was a Weaver, one of the rare beings cursed with the ability to spin the threads of fate. For centuries, the Weavers had been hunted, their craft deemed too dangerous even for the realms of Hell. But Elira's destiny was different. She had been prophesied to find and wield The Infernal Thread, to either save or destroy all existence.
Her journey began with a dream—a vision of the thread glowing faintly in the darkness, wrapped around a skeletal loom guarded by the monstrous Harbinger of Secrets. In her dream, the Harbinger whispered to her:
"To find the thread, you must unravel your soul."
Elira's quest led her to the Court of Malphas, the demon lord of treachery. Malphas was one of the few who knew the thread's true location but would not part with such knowledge easily. In exchange, he demanded a price: the memory of her first love.
Desperate and determined, Elira agreed. As Malphas siphoned the memory from her mind, she felt an aching emptiness—a part of her humanity gone forever. But with his cryptic directions, she pressed onward, deeper into the Infernal Abyss, where even the damned feared to go.
After weeks of perilous travel through rivers of molten despair and labyrinths of endless torment, Elira found herself before the Harbinger of Secrets. Its form was an ever-shifting mass of shadows and teeth, its voice like the grinding of bones.
The Harbinger demanded a test: Elira must weave a tapestry from her own life's threads, revealing her deepest truths. With trembling hands, she began to spin. As she worked, the tapestry revealed her pain, her betrayal, and her loss—but also her strength and defiance. When she finished, the Harbinger fell silent.
"You are worthy," it declared, stepping aside to reveal the skeletal loom.