Echoes of the Godseed

Long ago, a divine being scattered seeds into the souls of humankind. These "Godseeds" bloom in moments of extreme emotion, giving birth to creatures shaped by their host’s inner world—some glorious, others monstrous. Power surged, and with it came ruin. Fifty years later, the world fractures under the weight of the bloom. The Purists hunt bloomers like disease. The Cultists force awakening in the name of salvation. The Ascendants seek godhood at any cost, while the Disciples of the Void strive to abandon all feeling—and the seed itself. In the heart of this broken world, a boy loses everything when his father blooms in grief and becomes a monster. Now hunted, hated, and burdened by a seed he never wanted, he walks the edge between becoming what he despises and uncovering a path no one has dared walk: To bloom without consuming. To rise without abandoning his humanity. But the seed is hungry. And the world does not forgive those who resist what they were "chosen" to become.