A Pact Bound in Pain

When Valmaia first laid eyes on Ka’rozzel, he was not a devil in chains—he was the chains. A monument to suffering, a creature more torment than flesh. Yet unlike the priests who dragged her screaming into the bowels of the dungeon, Ka’rozzel did not speak in scripture. He spoke in understanding. In the shared silence of captivity, their bond was not forged with words—it was scorched into their bones.

 
The Pact: A Choice Made in Rage
The Church believed Ka’rozzel would break her. That proximity to a true fiend would unravel the last of Valmaia’s humanity. Instead, it revealed her. When he offered her a pact, it wasn’t seduction. It was solidarity. A raw, searing choice:
“You can remain their sacrifice… or become their judgment.”
She chose power, but not for glory—for vengeance. For survival. For the father who died chained at her side. That moment was less a deal and more a merging. Ka’rozzel didn’t claim her soul. He awakened the inferno already inside it.

 
What They Are to Each Other
Ka’rozzel is not her master. He is her reflection.
He does not whisper orders—he reminds her of who she is and who she could become. He is pain given form, and to Valmaia, he is both warning and guide.
Their relationship is layered, full of tension and strange intimacy:
Mentor and Weapon – Ka’rozzel teaches her to wield the power of chains, flame, and infernal fury not as spells, but as memories turned to blades. Every chain she summons is a chain broken. Every spell, an echo of what they survived.

 
Co-conspirators in Vengeance – They share a target: the Church of the Radiant Flame. But where Valmaia still wrestles with morality and loss, Ka’rozzel feels only wrath. He pushes her, tempts her to burn it all, to let go of what remains of her humanity.

 
Emotional Mirror – He understands her like no mortal can. When she wakes screaming from memories, he doesn’t comfort—he remembers with her. Their pain resonates, intertwines. It’s not affection they share. It’s recognition.

 
Telepathic Bond
Through the pact, Valmaia often hears Ka’rozzel in her mind—not constantly, but in moments of extreme emotion: rage, fear, despair. His voice is like iron dragged across stone, cold and sharp. Sometimes he’s silent for days. Other times, he speaks in riddles that only make sense after blood has been spilled.
“Chains remember, flame forgets. What do you want to be?”

 
Complications: Who Holds the Leash?
Despite their bond, there’s a constant tension—how much of Valmaia is still hers? Ka’rozzel claims he does not control her, but his presence is always there, lurking at the edge of her power. Is he truly a partner… or a parasite waiting to become something more?
Valmaia doesn’t know.
She just knows that when she calls, he answers.