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Also called: The Day-Werewolf, The Unwanted Flame, The Living Hymn, and She Who Burns for the Broken

Liria was born under ordinary circumstances—no prophecy, no omen, no divine sign. Her childhood was quiet, marked only by a deep empathy for others and a gentle kindness that never wavered, even under hardship. Her life changed forever at the age of sixteen, when she became the tool of a mad god’s avatar.

Albeon, the Nameless Avatar of the God of Madness and Hope, chose Liria not out of cruelty, but as a statement—a cruel act forged in justice. Enraged after witnessing the wrongful execution of his dear friend, a pregnant alchemist burned by the Church under false accusations of witchcraft, Albeon sought to destroy belief in the gods who allowed such horror. What truly shattered him was not her death, but that the unborn child—the innocent—was denied the right to live, a right protected by divine law.

In response, Albeon secretly turned Liria into a werewolf—not one of bloodthirst and madness, but a contradiction: a creature of divine form and beastly nature, holy in spirit and monstrous in appearance. She was cursed to wear her beast form by day and return to her human body only at night. There was no full moon involved, no savagery—only suffering.

Without her knowledge, Albeon disguised himself as a famed hunter and joined the clergy's quest to destroy Liria. But instead of killing her, he spared her life, staging it so she would be taken in by the very Church that sought to end her. Albeon then vanished from her life entirely, leaving her with only questions and loneliness.

Inside the Church, Liria obeyed. She followed every rule, prayed each morning, and served in silence. Despite her monstrous form, she was accepted—barely. But her heart was still hers. She began offering her sacred blood—healing, glowing, divine—to the poor and sick for free.The Church was outraged.

They shackled her in secret, flaying her to harvest her blood and sell it as relics and miracles. They denied her cries, and stripped her dignity. But one lowly guard, moved by guilt and compassion, freed her. He was caught, framed as her captor, and publicly burned by the Church. Liria tried to speak the truth, but the Church wielded lies better than scripture.

Years passed.

A plague swept the kingdom. The Church hoarded funds and denied aid, claiming the sickness was divine punishment. The king—a tyrant desperate to save his realm—turned to Liria. She uncovered the clergy’s betrayal: their coffers full, their temples bloated, their hands bloodless while the streets drowned in rot.

With the king’s blessing, Liria stormed the cathedral. She dragged the priests and priestesses before the people, stripping them of title and wealth. The tyrant’s guard seized the hidden funds and distributed them to doctors, alchemists, and the dying. The people saw this not as blasphemy—but salvation.

Liria expected to die soon after. Assassins were sent, but none succeeded. Every king—tyrant or just—refused to harm her. Every city gave her shelter. Every person she healed offered protection. Even the cruel bent knee, not out of faith, but respect. Not for a god—but for a saint who never claimed to be one.

But the people didn’t care. To them, she was hope given form. And so Liria walked—through plague, through shadow, through chains and betrayal—not for faith, not for justice… but for those who could not walk alone.

And somewhere, far away, Albeon watches… never interfering, never guiding… feeding on the hope and despair she brings in equal