Seraphelle had been many things.
A guardian of the Dark Forest. The Clockwork Ancient One. A powerhouse of temporal secrets woven through the trees of her domain.
But all of that began to unravel the moment Achilles discovered the true nature of her existence- piercing through the tall trees as his spores flowed into every corner of her being.
He didn't just defeat her.
He rewrote her.
His crystalline vines tore through the Dark Forest and funneled spores into its roots, flooding the shattered sea of purple clocks that composed her soul.
He reached into the very blueprint of her being and infected it with his own dominion. The effect was immediate!
Her once-radiant body began to mutate. A jagged, gold-rimmed horn broke through her forehead, branding her as another Hybrid under his control.
