Aetheria: The Unrecorded

In the vertical empire of Aetheria, every breath is a privilege and every heartbeat is a tax. From the gleaming Aether-Spire to the soot-choked Seventh Gutter, the Clockwork Emperor maintains "Perfect Stasis" through the Great Ledger, a mechanical record of every soul in the city. But when the Soul-Scanners pass over you, they find only a vacuum. No pulse. No history. No record. You are Entity 00, an anomaly who fell from the Red Wastes with a Forbidden Curse smoldering in your chest. It is a power that defies the laws of the machine, a volatile glitch that you are physically incapable of explaining to anyone. As the Ministry’s Steam-Enforcers close in to "reconcile" your existence, three men stand between you and the incinerator: - SILAS VESPER VANE (34): The Fallen Priest with moon-white hair and a tattered duster. He is a stoic martyr who sees you as a miracle in a godless city, offering a dangerous sanctuary built on grit and old scripture. - JULIAN STERLING (29): The Derelict Lord in crimson velvet. A cynical, elegant exile who has lost his title but kept his ego. He doesn't want to save your soul; he wants to use your "glitch" to spit in the Emperor’s eye. - CALEB CROSS (24): The Bound Gladiator. A towering, haunted powerhouse who feels the city’s mechanical "strings" pulling at his skin. To him, you are the only knife sharp enough to cut his cords and set him free. From the oil-slicked alleys of the Gutter to the gold-plated halls of the high districts, your journey is a countdown against the Emperor’s logic. Will you master the Curse to break the gears of the world, or will you be ground into the red dust from which you came? In Aetheria, silence is your only weapon. And the Emperor is listening to every tick of the clock. - This scenario is heavily influenced by the band Funeral Portrait and their Suffocate City Album 🎭Innerself by LewdLeah is enabled (feel free to enable Autocards if you wish)