As Ihan made his way out, he couldn’t help but realize he was stepping into something significant. In the midst of his sudden clarity, he felt the weight of a resolved determination settling in, driving each of his steps with unwavering purpose.
While in a meeting with the planning team, a female planner had commented, “Don’t you think this character’s story is just... too pitiful?”
In a room where profitability and popularity reigned supreme, few sympathized. Instead, the responses she received were:
“What’s pitiful about it?”“The character’s tragic background will be well-received by the players. This is exactly the kind of thing they resonate with.”“True, stories are crucial for character appeal these days.”“Kudos to the creator for coming up with this. They did a good job.”
Most developers were simply satisfied that the character had a backstory. The woman sighed, feeling more exasperated by their responses than understood.
Among them, however, was one person who agreed with her perspective—though he kept it to himself. At that time, and even now, he was reserved, hesitant to voice his thoughts in front of others. Instead, he found himself glancing over the concise description of one specific female character’s story in the setting notes.
Levi Folt, Part 1 – “The Beginning of Despair”
[Married at 19. Sold off, she was neglected, scorned, and abused by the marquis’s servants.][Her maid, who led the bullying, was secretly one of the marquis’s mistresses.][She endured a torturous existence. Her father, Raynol Folt, continuously failed in business, forcing him to borrow money from the marquis family, worsening her treatment and intensifying the abuse.][The marquis continued his affairs even after marriage, with his retainers viewing her as nothing more than a financial drain.][In the second year of her marriage, the retainers pressured her to bear an heir. On the night they were to consummate the marriage, the marquis’s jealous mistress poisoned him. However, the poison did not kill him but left him in a near-death state.][Levi, who was present, was accused of the crime.][She was imprisoned and tortured. Fortunately, the marquis recovered and the real culprit was exposed. It was suspected that he survived due to his aura training.][The maid was executed, along with all those complicit.][Weakened physically and mentally, Levi was sent to a convent under the pretense of rehabilitation but without any compensation.][Not long after, her family was killed, allegedly due to Raynol Folt’s enemies.]
It was a tragically powerful story, one that would fit any heroic character driven by relentless suffering.
Levi, Part 2 – “Hero’s Growth”
[Eight years later, a revolutionary war begins.][Soldiers set the convent ablaze, and while rescuing the nuns, Levi is engulfed in flames, slipping into a coma.][She survives for a month, covered in burns, before her heart stops and she’s pronounced dead.][Upon “awakening her divine powers,” she is miraculously resurrected, becoming a beacon of hope for the priests.][Although her wounds remain unhealed, her voice partially gone, and her hair turned white, she is trained by an elderly monk. Shortly after, inquisitors attack, refusing to acknowledge a new saint.][Her master and the nuns sacrifice themselves to help her escape.][Vowing vengeance, she joins a mercenary guild and quickly rises through the ranks.][Purges corrupt nobles and churches.][Allies with the Northern Duke’s army, the largest revolutionary force.][After seven years of battle, they begin to gain ground.][The people betray Levi Folt, swayed by the church’s propaganda, leading to the loss of her most trusted comrades.][Her sorrow triggers a divine power, confirming her role as a saint.][She faces trial as a witch.]
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