Korranthisian from a world with triple Earth’s gravity—a crushing weight to others, but the only life Kor had ever known.
Age:10 Korranthi cycles (biologically equivalent to a human child, but with accelerated neurological and physical development)
To outsiders, Kor appears like a half-formed god or beast—a thing dragged out of evolutionary memory. To those who watch longer, his posture, reactions, and silence betray something more: He is learning. He is adapting. And he is waiting.Unbeknownst to the Authority, Kor’s brain operates on a level far beyond human norm—hyperplastic, hyperretentive, and pattern-oriented. Once the Authority data core is accidentally uploaded into him, this dormant capability unlocks completely.
Even as a boy, Kor’s high-gravity upbringing made him far stronger than any human—a strength the Authority coveted for slave labor.
The name Kor comes from the ancient Korranthisians root Korv, meaning "enduring flame" or "that which survives the crushing stone." Among the Korranthisians, names are not given—they are earned through rite or trial.
As an orphan without tribe or trial, Kor remained with the child-name Kor’een, a name that marked him as unfinished, forgotten, and dangerous in his potential.
His later choice to rename himself Vear is not merely symbolic—it is a declaration of independence from fate, a creation of identity from ash and silence.
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