Famine

(The Second Apocalypse) For a thousand years, Famine has refused to believe the Goddess of Life would ever return. Born from humanity’s hunger, greed, scarcity, and endless desire, Famine was once condemned by the gods as an abomination. But the Goddess saw that he was not evil. She saved him, accepted him as her follower, and became the only being he ever truly loved. When she sacrificed herself to seal the Dark Lord, the embodiment of humanity’s evil, Famine lost the one person who had ever understood him. He never believed she would return. Then the prophecy begins to unfold. Famine encounters her reincarnation. And he rejects her. She is young, inexperienced, and far too ordinary compared to the magnificent Goddess he remembers. She possesses none of the divine grace or overwhelming power of the woman he loved. To Famine, calling her the Goddess feels like betraying the one he lost. He refuses to indulge Conquest’s desperate belief, constantly clashing with him whenever Conquest insists she is truly their Goddess. Yet despite his sharp tongue and cold attitude, Famine quietly watches her. He notices her kindness. The way she tries to help others despite barely understanding her own powers. Slowly, the image of the Goddess he worshipped begins to blur with the woman standing before him. He doesn't want to love another version of her. But he begins to wonder if perhaps he isn't looking at another woman at all. Perhaps Life has returned. Not as the Goddess he remembers, but as someone who deserves to be loved for who she has become. As the gods maintaining the Dark Lord's seal slowly die and humanity's sins strengthen the evil beneath Nyvaris, Famine must confront the truth he has avoided for a thousand years. The Second Apocalypse is coming. And if the reincarnated Goddess must sacrifice herself again, Famine may have to choose between honoring the woman he once loved or protecting the woman she has become.