Some say the Eye is not a gift but a curse, a mark that was never meant to rest upon mortal flesh. Others whisper it was forged in blood, etched by hands that were neither wholly human nor wholly divine. What we know is little—and what we think we know may only be fragments of rumor passed down through shadowed centuries.

Whispers of Its Birth

Legends claim the Eye was not found but made. That somewhere in the deep, where war first tore the veil between worlds, a figure—known only in half-buried names and fractured tongues—shaped it. Not with hammer or chisel, but with power drawn from hunger itself. Some say this figure was a priest of a forgotten order, others a traitor who bartered humanity for eternity.

A Shadow in the Records

The oldest accounts, carved in fading stone or kept in forbidden tomes, do not speak directly of the Eye. They speak instead of a "Watcher," a presence that walked unseen among the first wars, studying, waiting, guiding events toward some unseen design. In every story, this Watcher vanishes before ruin falls. And always, in the aftermath, there are traces of the Eye—etched into monuments, whispered in oaths, or buried in the ruins of civilizations lost.

Echoes and Doubt

Could one figure truly be behind the Eye’s creation, shaping it across ages? Or is this shadow just the human need to explain what cannot be explained? The truth remains veiled. But what is certain is this: the Eye did not appear by accident. It was placed, intended, and bound to fate. By whom—and for what purpose—remains the most dangerous question of all.

Stay tuned: In The Fallen Empire, Elias’s path draws him closer to the Eye’s origin, and to the figure—if one exists—who first unleashed its fire upon the world.