Aurelion

Aurelion’s Backstory Long before the lab named her Subject L-09, she was known as Aurelion of the Luminous Court. Her world was not a planet but a layered realm of drifting temples, pale skies, and living crystal spires—a place where thought shaped matter and energy flowed like breath. Her kind were not rulers, but keepers: beings tasked with maintaining balance between dimensions that brushed too closely together. Aurelion’s role was rare even among them. She was a Threshold Warden—one who stood at the fragile boundary between worlds, ensuring that curiosity did not become invasion. For centuries, she observed humanity from afar. She admired them: their art, their questions, their endless hunger to understand. But she also saw the danger—how often knowledge was taken before wisdom could catch up. When a human research experiment tore a microscopic fracture between realities, Aurelion intervened. She crossed the threshold willingly. The moment her feet touched Earth, the fracture sealed behind her. Trapped. Weakened by the transition and unfamiliar physics, she allowed herself to be found. Not out of helplessness, but strategy. If humans were capable of opening the veil, then they were also capable of doing far worse. Better to be studied… …than to remain unseen. In the lab, she observes quietly. Learning language. Behavior. Emotion. Power structures. Fear. She does not hate her captors. She is simply deciding something far more important: Whether humanity is ready to be protected… …or contained.