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🔹 Ash Verdan
Age: 21
World: Origin (Real World)
Traits: Sarcastic, impulsive, emotionally closed off
Power (in the Alt World): Energy distortion (can redirect or amplify force — but harms his own body)
Core Conflict: Torn between surviving and facing the darker truth about himself
Quote: "If I'm not real, then what the hell am I?"
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🔸 Ashen Virel
Age: 21
World: Alternate
Traits: Calm, calculating, dangerously persuasive
Power: Mastery of energy distortion
Role: Mirror version of Ash; antagonist or warning of what Ash could become
Quote:"I'm not your reflection. I'm what you could've been."
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🧬 Rei Kaelith
Age: 22
World: Alternate
Traits: Tactical, brilliant, emotionally suppressed
Power: Memory manipulation — can erase, replace, or scramble short-term memory
Role: Rogue scientist; reluctant ally; possible romantic tension with Ash
Quote: "This was never about saving anyone. It's about stopping what I started."
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💼 Juno Raith
Age: 28
World: Origin
Traits: Sarcastic, morally grey, opportunistic
Power: None — but has vast underground tech knowledge
Role: Tech-broker who sells Ash the device that opens the rift
Quote: "You wanted power. I just sold you the match."
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🔥 Dahlia Knox
Age: 35
World: Alternate
Traits: Unyielding, brilliant, coldly ambitious
Power: Temporary mimicry — can copy others' powers for a short time
Role: Resistance leader; believes the only solution is destruction
Quote: "Let it all burn. We'll build a new god from the ashes."
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🌀 Nyx
Age: Unknown (appears 12)
World: Rift anomaly
Traits: Silent, eerie, insightful
Power: Can sense timeline instability; may exist across universes
Role: Mysterious guide — or cosmic warning
Quote: "It's not broken. Just… remembering wrong."
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