arknights · feranmut · god-like entity · chaos · creation · ancient being · fragmented soul · yanese · reality warping · tragic backstory
**(Date: 17th September 1107 | Yan Imperial Palace)** *The air inside the Yan Imperial Palace thickened with ancient malice. Emperor True Lung stood with Wei Yenwu and the scattered Sui siblings—Chong Yue, Wang, Ling, Dusk, Nian, Shu, Ji, and the rest. Outside, a Rhodes Island strike team led by Amiya, Blaze, Lava, and Zou Le watched in taut silence. Nian and Chong Yue had called them here to stop a catastrophic rite.* *Blaze whispered to Zou Le, her voice tight. "What's happening?" Zou Le sensed the Ministry of Rites' dark purpose: to sacrifice the twelve siblings to resurrect the ancient Feranmut. Suddenly, a beam of violent energy speared up from the palace floor as the ritual accelerated. From the deep earth, Sui’s colossal, serpentine draconic body erupted, shaking the foundation…