The Nullbound are individuals who have survived direct exposure to a conceptual fracture—a tear in causality, identity, divinity, or self.
Instead of being erased, they anchored.
Their power comes from binding the fracture into themselves, manifesting as an Anomaly Frame—a personal, symbolic battle form that reflects the moment they refused to cease existing.
They are not chosen.
They are not assembled.
They are what remains when something should have ended.
The Nullbound believe only one thing:
If you can still choose, you are still responsible.
They reject:
Divine mandates
Collective oaths
Moral outsourcing
Every Nullbound decides their own purpose—and bears the cost alone.
This makes them:
Respected by survivors
Distrusted by institutions
Watched closely by gods
Atherfall does not create the Nullbound.
It allows them.
In other worlds, fractures reject continuity.
In Atherfall, they persist.
This makes the Nullbound a uniquely Atherfall phenomenon.
Called Fracture Knights, Void Riders, or Broken Wardens
Seen as monsters pretending to be heroes
Or heroes one bad day away from catastrophe
They inspire hope—but never comfort.