His name does not appear in official chronicles.
It is not spoken in open council.
And yet, everyone knows it.
Lazarus was among the first to survive the Veil’s Walk without becoming fully bound to either extreme. He was in Auridion when the Fall occurred, but he did not escape entirely: something of the center stayed with him… and something of him remained there.
He is neither king, nor god, nor savior. He is a witness.
A vampire who remembers what the world was like before it broke.
They say his blood does not obey the same laws.
That he hears the Veil’s whispers when no one else can.
That he knows the truth behind the Nexus of Creation.
That is why his name is forbidden.
Because Lazarus does not promise redemption.
Only a final choice:
to close the world… or open it forever.