The biggest threat lurking in the shadows was the Playwright.
The "Writer" path was an advanced one, possessing four powerful abilities:
[Observation] – A heightened sense of perception, allowing the writer to see through disguises and uncover hidden truths.
[Role] – The deeper their understanding of a subject, the more control they could exert over it, turning people and things into characters in their narrative.
[Writing] – The power to create coincidences in fate—events that seemed natural, yet were orchestrated by their will.
[Script] – Characters in their story would, to some extent, act according to their script.
Both Calcifer and Black Swan had warned William:
Only divine paths were truly complete.
All other paths, whether high, medium, or low, were fragments, inherently incomplete.
A god could easily carve out a new higher path from their own divine authority. The God of Dreams and Prophecies had once been powerful enough to do just that.
