The void‑bound mind that seeks the Black Crystal finds a signal in Annastara — a path to rebirth through living stone and will‑colored crystal.
Silenced by the Council — but not ended.
Vel Tharuun was bound to the void by Elias and the Council of Higher Minds for his obsession with the Black Crystal.
Not an object alone — a fusion.
Within it lie countless dormant clear crystals, waiting to resonate with a mind powerful enough to shape them.
When Annastara fuses with the Living Stone, Vel Tharuun senses the event instantly — her will, carrying Vear’s bloodline, awakens the stone and turns its clear veins blue.
To Vel Tharuun, the blue is proof: Annastara is the seed of a new Black Crystal — a vessel in which crystal and mind may again become one.
“To the MoRoc: a sister set apart. To humans: a monster unnatural. To me: destiny — the key.” — Vel Tharuun