The Fold and its Origins, Kael's Hidden Agenda, and Elias's Journal
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Recorded in the Dead Library, Transcribed by the Housekeeper Spirit
The Fold was not created. It was born. Born from the moment reality cracked during the War of the Veins. When the Seven Anchors were forged to bind the rift between worlds, they strained against the natural order of the universe. Magic that was meant to remain dormant erupted like fire through a paper wall. The Fold was the scar left behind—a dimension neither living nor dead, echoing with the regrets of every soul that had touched the Anchors. It is a place of memory, madness, and prophecy.
Most believe The Fold is a prison. But Elias once wrote, "A prison implies a crime. The Fold is a consequence."
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Elias's Journal: Page 76, Bound in Skinleaf Parchment
The first time I entered The Fold, I was still mortal. I carried the Watcher's Eye, thinking it would guide me. Instead, it judged me. Within The Fold, I saw every choice I never made. Every path I refused. It is a place where possibility screams at your soul. I emerged marked. Changed.
The Fold is not evil. It is honest. More than any man I've ever known.
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The Three Layers of The Fold:
1. The Veinwalk — Time bleeds here. Moments run backward. Past selves whisper from the walls.
2. The Hollow Spine — Thought is no longer private. The Fold remembers everything. It tells others.
3. The Mirror Sea — A sea with no bottom, only reflections of futures yet to come.
Elias warns never to look too long into the Mirror Sea. One vision will always tempt you, and it always lies.
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Kael's Truth: The Forgotten Timeline
Kael was not born in this world. He comes from a Folded Timeline—one where the Anchors failed, and the Gate opened. He was a version of Jason, twisted by fate and sacrifice. To save that world, Kael had to close the Gate from the inside. But in doing so, he shattered.
His soul fragmented and was thrown back into this timeline. Kael believes this world must not repeat his own. His agenda is not evil. It is desperate.
But desperation leads to madness.
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Kael's Manifest: Etched into Stone beneath the Hollow Spine
"I do not seek to rule. I seek to erase. This world, this Jason, must never touch the Anchors. Let the Gate remain legend. Let the Fold be feared. My curse is to remember. Yours is to forget."
Jason's fate is tangled in Kael's past. The Fold sees them both as one soul split in war.
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Elias's Final Entry
"If Jason enters The Fold unprepared, it will not kill him. It will make him choose. Between truth and mercy. Between past and now. That choice is the real Gate."
"And I, Elias, last Watcher of the Anchored Eye, have failed him already."