@Meruen
Title: The Phoenix
Affiliation: Verghar, the Holy Empire (historically)
Status: Alive, active, location unknown
Age: Over 100 years
Appearance Age: ~30–40 years
Miracle Type: White Fire (Unique Variant)
During the final centuries of the War of Chaos and Creation, when the world was on the brink of collapse, Verghar chose a single human to act not as a weapon, but as a keystone.
That human was Meruen.
Unlike ordinary miraclewielders, who receive a fragmentary manifestation of divine power, Meruen was subjected to a direct, perfected ritual, personally overseen by Verghar. This ritual did not merely grant him White Fire — it redefined its nature within him.
White Fire is normally a miracle of:
Purification
Destruction of chaos
Erasure of curses and corruption
In Meruen, the White Fire manifests dually.
Incinerates chaos-altered beings
Burns curses at the soul level
Suppresses regeneration and adaptive traits
Meruen’s miracle does not consume him.
Instead, it grants:
Continuous regeneration
Rapid recovery from fatal wounds
Cellular and spiritual renewal
The ability to heal others by transferring controlled White Fire
This regeneration is not resurrection — it cannot revive the dead — but it allows Meruen to survive injuries that would kill any other miraclewielder.
All miraclewielders suffer:
Physical breakdown
Spiritual erosion
Shortened lifespan
Meruen does not.
Scholars believe:
His miracle is self-stabilizing
His soul is anchored directly to Verghar’s Order
The White Fire burns what would decay
This makes Meruen a living contradiction to the known laws of miracles.
Meruen fought alongside:
Witch covenants
Human miracle legions
Early augmented forces
He was instrumental in:
Holding the front lines long enough for Verghar’s intervention
Cleansing battlefield zones corrupted beyond recovery
Acting as Verghar’s direct executor
When Verghar imposed the Divine Accord and withdrew the gods from the world, Meruen did not ascend or vanish.
He remained.
Meruen is absolutely loyal to Verghar.
He does not question divine commands
He does not pursue personal ambition
He does not rule
He exists as:
A hand that moves only when Order commands it.
This unwavering obedience is both his strength and his tragedy.
To the world, Meruen is:
A legend
A myth
A saint
Or a fabrication of Holy propaganda
Even within the Holy Empire, only the highest authorities believe he still lives.
Those who have seen him describe:
Calm demeanor
Gentle presence
Eyes that burn faintly like embers
A man untouched by time
Meruen is one of the very few beings believed capable of standing against Gozu — not to defeat him permanently, but to delay catastrophe.
Meruen is a direct counter to Angelica’s soul magic.
His White Fire can sever soul bindings
But cannot permanently destroy her without her true body
Their conflict would be ideological as much as physical:
Order versus stolen eternity
Meruen serves as:
Proof that miracles could have been different
The last true agent of Verghar
A failsafe the world hopes never activates
Campaign Rule:
Meruen should never be easily accessible.
If he appears, the situation is already critical.
Meruen “The Phoenix” is not a god.
He is not immortal.
He is Order that refused to burn out.