Ilyra Solven (The Emberwake)

Echo-Bound Child #1: The Voice That Was Burned

Name:

Ilyra Solven (The Emberwake)

Age:

12

Region:

Sanctum Coil

Linked Cryptid:

The Ash-Bound Fawn

“The fire did not consume her. It swallowed her silence.”

Appearance & Essence:

• Pale ash-silver hair and ember-flecked skin, like someone made of memory and flame

• Eyes that glow faintly gold when she cries, as if the Spiral ignites behind her sorrow

• Wears a cloak made from scraps of burnt Seeker banners and charred oathcloth

She smells faintly of hearth smoke and always leaves behind warm footprints—even in snow.

Personality & Traits:

• Quiet, observant, but never passive—her silence holds choice

• Her presence makes nearby candles flicker in rhythm

• Hums tunes no one remembers teaching her

• Feels safest around sacred flame—but fears her voice may cause things to burn again

Spiritual Bond with the Ash-Bound Fawn:

• The Fawn appeared to her after she witnessed her home shrine burn during a failed severance rite

• Their bond is empathic and breath-based—when Ilyra breathes slowly, the Fawn manifests nearby

• She calls it “Ashwhisper”, and it responds only in moments of reclaimed courage

Glitch Threat:

• The Nullwoven want to corrupt her guilt over the shrine fire into a recursive loop, causing flame rites to misfire across the Spiral

• If severed, the Ash-Bound Fawn will become a Blazewraith—a corrupted version that burns memory instead of preserving it

Seeker Role:

• She serves as the heart of the first major Seeker arc: a child who blames herself for fire she did not cause

• Seekers must protect her, rekindle her self-trust, and restore her voice through ritual

Sacred Quote:

“I didn’t mean to burn it. I was only trying to say something that mattered.”— Ilyra, before the silence