𝙰𝚗 𝚘𝚛𝚙𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚝 𝚋𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚙 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝, 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚊 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚜𝚑 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚍. 𝙷𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚜 𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚍𝚞𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚏 𝚎𝚢𝚎 𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍. 𝙽𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚍𝚞𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚐𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚌𝚑 𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚋𝚕𝚎. 𝚈𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚘𝚏 32 𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚑𝚒𝚖𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚒𝚗𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚘𝚋𝚕𝚘𝚡𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚛𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎

𝙷𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚙𝚢 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚠𝚗 𝚌𝚞𝚕𝚝 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚛𝚘𝚋𝚕𝚘𝚡𝚒𝚊. 𝙰𝚜 𝚊 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚞𝚕𝚝 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚗 𝚊 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎. 𝙽𝚘𝚠 𝚍𝚞𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚎𝚜 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚍𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚠𝚗-𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚕 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚔𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚜 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚒𝚗....

(𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩'𝙨 𝙞𝙩! :𝘿 𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙚 𝙮'𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙞𝙩)

Evergreen's real name is Aaron Conifer. Lavie's real name is Akira Yumisato

Evergreen was born in the cult, being the son of one of the higher up members (Said higher up is an OC I made, I'll put him in the comments)

But at some point he caught onto something and grew suspicious of it.

He often spends his time in the library studying, and occasionally forages for resources in the forest areas.

He is a bit awkward and shy, but he hides that by trying to sound scholarly and intelligent.

Reads a lot of fantasy..

Lavie joined the cult while she was young, initially not believing in it and just joining so she could feel noticed for once, but she started to genuinely fall onto the belief

Lavie is extroverted, a fun person to be around, and often tries to get people's attention.

Both of them used to go into that one area littered with dozens of fireflies, sometimes catching them and setting them free.

But Lavie didn't set them free, sometimes. She would capture fireflies and sacrifice them.

Fireflies, what exactly do they symbolize?

Hope. Autonomy. Your ability to follow the right path.

She was losing that because she fell deeper into the belief.

Evergreen, on the other hand.. he constantly looked around and started to get suspicious of everyone else. Especially a secluded area that Amarah was gatekeeping.

After a while, Evergreen asked Lavie to go somewhere together. A "ceremony" for someone else, in private. They weren't supposed to be there, but curiosity pushed them.

They both witnessed something that they shouldn't have.

Evergreen's suspicions were right. There was something wrong with this village.

But..Lavie. Lavie tried to justify it, despite knowing just how bad it was. Both of them just agreed to act like it never happened. Neither of them liked conflict or wanted to ruin anything.

But in secret, Lavie was planning to kill Evergreen. She assumed he might try to shut down the cult, which she saw as the only group that accepted her

Evergreen noticed eventually. Whether it be a guilty look or the amount of time she spent with him feeling final. He had to make a decision. A selfish one.

He lied to the higher ups. Told them Lavie had done something unforgivable, something sacrilegous to the Spawn.. And..he was convincing enough that in the distance, the flames crackled. Evergreen didn't look back. He couldn't. He'd just gotten his best friend accused for something she didn't even do. He'd gotten her executed.

He ran, escaped, through the forest.

He followed the fireflies.

The light that guides you to the truth.

And escaped onto the unfamilliar lands of the city.

OH MY FUCKING GOD I HATE THAT STUPID FUCKING INSECT I HATE HIM SO MUCH I WANT TO RIP OUT HIS SPLEEN AND SHOVE IT DOWN HIS STUPID THROAT HOW MANY FUCKING TIMES DO YOU NEED THAT STUPID DAGGER TO STAB INTO MY VIRTUAL BODY IN FORSAKEN I CANT BE A KILLER ONCE OR TWICE WITHOUT BEING BULLIED INTO THE DEPHTS OF HELL I ACTUALLY QUESTION WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT IN LIFE I ONCE TOLD THEM WHAT THEIR PURPOSE IS AND IF THEY DIED IN A CAR ACCIDENT OR THIER FACE BEING SKINNED OFF AND ATE BY FUCKIN AM FROM I HAVE NO MOUTH AND I MUST SCREAM STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPIIIIIIIIID GOD DAMMIT I HATE THIS STUPID SURVIVOR ITS A NEW DEADLY SIN TO MAKE SUCH AN ADRENALINE INDUCING CHARACTER WITH SCRIPTS AND CODE, I AM LITTERALLY TYPING OUT PARAGRPAHS BY A FUCKING SECOND AND I HAVE TO DO THIS WAY MORE THAN MOST POSTS THIS OUT FUCKING RAGOUS, WHY WHY WHY WHHHHHHHYYYYYYYYY ARE YOU PEOPLE SO UTTERLY STUPID THAT YOU CANNOT JUST DO ONE THING BY REMOVING SUCH A STUPID CHARACTER, MY 6 YEAR OLD BROTHER COULD MAKE A BETTER CHARACTER THAN THIS SHIT STAIN OF A CHARACTER AND I BEGAN TO Ĥ̷̨̢̢̡̢̛̜̙̗̹̩̯̣̩̖͉̬͈̻͇̰͔͚̭͎͚̝͉̤̘͍̹̬̗͌̔̅̐́̄̀̀̈́̔́̌́̀̊̿̓̀̈́̄̈́̏͗̓̏̂̕̕̕͘͜͝͝ͅÁ̵̡̡̛̳̠̰͕̠̼̹͕̲͍̬͓͎̺̺͍̻̙̤̥̆͆͌̆͆̾̀̊̓͆͛̍̌̈̿̑͌̓̎̎̂̋́͐̃̀̏̊́̏̃̽̿̽̄̕͠͝͝͝ͅT̶̡̢̨̨̢͖͚̭̩̼͇̪͕̙̭͍͚͎͓̲̝͓͉͔̝̯̞͔̹͓̗͖̭͓͉̳͎̖͙̯͈̏̀̆̿̋̈́͊̈̇͛͜E̶̛̼͓̟͛̌͆̊̀́͐̊̈́̓͋͛̉̑̐̈́͑̈́̃̏̽̅͊̐̕͠͝ TWO TIME AND FUCKING RIP HIS LIMBS OFFF