Ancestral Lineage

It was dark all around, a suffocating kind of darkness that even the might of the sun could not pierce. The only source of illumination came from the rivers of molten fire that flowed through vast cracks and jagged rifts in the earth, their glow painting the abyss in a hellish red. The land seemed almost devoid of life, as though existence itself had abandoned this place long ago.

And yet, there was life. At least, for now, there was one. He had simply appeared—no memory of how, no sense of why. All he carried with him was a name: Lucifer. And with it, a certainty—he was powerful.

Lucifer. A name that weighed upon the air itself, heavy with defiance, authority, and inevitability. A name that seemed to bend reality to acknowledge it, refusing to yield to fate or circumstance.

He drew in his surroundings with unblinking eyes. The waves of searing heat rising from the lava licked against his skin, yet to him it was nothing more than warmth. The ground beneath was scorched and blackened, cracked into lifeless fragments. The air hung heavy with sulphur and ash, thick with the stench of burning stone. There was no breath of wind, no trace of oxygen—only a suffocating miasma that promised death to any ordinary being.

But he was not ordinary.

He moved forward, each step slow but deliberate. He had no destination, no sense of direction—yet he walked, as though the act itself was a declaration of existence. The harsh ground cracked beneath his bare feet, but he felt no pain, no discomfort. He did not care for his nakedness; shame was a concept that had never been etched into his being.

His skin was stark white, radiant against the scorched black earth and molten glow around him. Long crimson hair cascaded down his back in heavy waves, reaching his knees, flowing like strands of fire given form. He was tall—towering at seven feet—and carried with him a weight that pressed against the air itself. His very presence was luminous, a beacon of brilliance and defiance in this lightless abyss.

He did not look back. He only moved forward, unyielding, as though the abyss itself bent to make way for him.

...

(A month later...)

A pair of golden eyes—burning, almost orange—flared with a deep, unyielding intensity. The creature froze mid-lunge, its body quivering before bursting apart in a wet detonation, dissolving into a shower of black ichor.

"Too weak."

The words were spoken in a voice deep yet calm, resonant with disdain and a boredom that cut sharper than any blade. They belonged to a man whose beauty carried an edge of danger—Lucifer. His long crimson hair spilled down to his knees like living flame, his reptilian-slit eyes glimmering with predatory allure.

He stood untouched amidst the carnage, his smooth white skin immaculate, not a single drop of the black filth daring to cling to him. As the remains hissed and evaporated under the oppressive heat of the abyss, he lowered himself into a squat, golden eyes narrowing with faint curiosity.

Below, at the base of the charcoal-black hill, chaos reigned. A horde of creatures writhed and tore at one another, mindless in their brutality. Their forms were vaguely humanoid, but nothing more. Their skin was so utterly black that in stillness they dissolved into the darkness itself. Four glowing violet eyes gleamed from each twisted face, while jagged crystalline horns of blood-red jutted from their foreheads. Their thin, sinewy tails whipped violently, tipped with arrow-shaped ends.

Savages. Mindless beasts.

And then Lucifer noticed something that broke the pattern. His lips curved in faint amusement.

"Oh? An intelligent one… it has hair?" he murmured, surprise and intrigue threading through his tone.

Peering from behind a jagged boulder was a smaller figure—frailer than her hulking, eight-foot brethren. Yet there was calculation in her gaze, a sharp awareness the others lacked. Strands of growth spilled from her scalp—not true hair, but writhing black tendrils tipped with glowing red ends. She watched the massacre with caution, not frenzy, her posture closer to thought than instinct.

Interesting.

...

(Three days later...)

"You shall be called, Lucienne," Lucifer declared, his deep voice resonating with authority as his golden reptilian eyes glowed.

"No… name… is Li…lith," came the reply — frail, feminine, yet brimming with conviction. The words trembled out, broken and raw, but the determination behind them was unshakable.

Lucifer's aura flared, heavy with sovereign command, pressing against the abyss itself. "I found you, so I name you," he said, his voice carrying the weight of a king who had never been defied.

But the black-skinned being did not bow. Instead, she straightened her slender frame, her lithe body moving with a strange grace as she slid into a stance. Her hair writhed like living tentacles, rising and curling in defiance, while her four eyes burned with a violent light.

"Name… is… Lilith! No… Lucie… nne!" she screamed, and with her voice came power. The earth cracked beneath her feet, a tremor splitting the abyssal plain.

It had come to this — and Lucifer had only himself to blame.

The battle of the abyssal natives had ended in her victory, though not by brute force. Lilith, as she demanded to be known, had orchestrated the downfall of her own kind. She had not won through strength, but through cunning — whispering, twisting, provoking. She had turned their pride against them.

Among the abyssal tribe, dominance was claimed in blood. The strongest ruled; the weakest submitted. Yet Lilith, the weakest of them all, never raised a hand. She let them devour each other. And when the dust cleared, she remained — untouched, unbeaten, and inexplicably, their leader.

Lucifer watched with intrigue. Around her burned a strange aura, deep purple fading into black, like shadows woven with venom. But beneath it ran something more dangerous — a tether of golden light that linked her to the others.

He studied it, fascinated. That golden bond poisoned their hearts with arrogance, swelling their pride until no one would kneel, no one would bend.

And what happens when creatures too prideful to bow clash?

He had witnessed it firsthand: savagery beyond reason. They tore at each other with merciless brutality, not only to dominate but to preserve the illusion of superiority. In the chaos, they became blind to her — the frail one, the nothing.

Because to them, she was beneath notice. She was no threat. She was unworthy of even a challenge.

And so, she had devoured them all without ever striking a blow.

Lilith. Not Lucienne.

...

(1 week later...)

"Lilith, have you managed to control your power?" Lucifer's voice carried across the still air, rich with a hint of anticipation.

"I have," she replied, her tone light with joy and wonder, "but it lacks something… an identity of sorts."

"An identity, huh?" Lucifer muttered, his golden eyes narrowing in contemplation. Behind him rose a towering tree unlike any other in this abyssal land—its bark dark and gnarled, its branches heavy with red fruits shaped like a cross between apples and pears. Their fragrance was sweet, intoxicating, and strangely calming, a supernatural perfume that dulled the violence of the abyss.

Much had changed since the day Lucifer first found Lilith. What began as enmity had burned into something far deeper. They had fought—wild, rebellious, defiant—and in the chaos she had tasted his blood by accident. That moment had altered her forever.

She had evolved.

Her monstrous visage had shed much of its savagery. Her four eyes had fused into two, though no less piercing—eyes that now gleamed with a mesmerizing blend of violet and crimson. Her form had grown more human, yet she exuded a devilish allure, dangerous and unearthly. She had become a striking beauty—second only to Lucifer himself.

"Do you have anything in mind?" she asked, her voice smooth, her words laced with growing fluency.

Lucifer regarded her in silence for a moment. She learned too quickly—too easily. Each day her mind sharpened, her will deepened, and her presence grew stronger. To call her human was folly, but to call her beast no longer fit.

A monster, yes. But a monster ascending into something greater.

Lucifer's gaze lingered on her, the faintest flicker of a smile tugging at his lips. Identity… The word resonated in his mind, pulling him back to the memory of the first time he had seen her truly stand apart from her kin.

She had not been the strongest, nor the fiercest among them. But she had been the one who survived. He recalled how she had stood behind that boulder, her four-eyed brethren clawing and tearing at each other in a frenzy. She had not joined them—she had watched. And then, with words sharp as blades, she had sown doubt and rivalry, whispering venom that fed their arrogance until they destroyed one another. She had turned their pride against them, wielding it like a weapon.

Lucifer chuckled lowly, a sound that echoed like molten rock shifting beneath the earth. "Pride," he said at last, his eyes gleaming with revelation. "That's what you lack… and yet, that's what you are."

Lilith tilted her head, her violet-red eyes narrowing in curiosity. "Pride?"

He rose to his full towering height, the crimson cascade of his hair catching the glow of the red fruits swaying behind him. "Yes. Pride is what made you different. While your kin fought like beasts, you looked down upon them. You chose not to join in their chaos, but to control it. To let them destroy themselves for your sake. Pride lifted you above them."

His words carried weight, each syllable striking deep into her being. Lilith shuddered, not from fear but from something greater, something awakening.

Lucifer stepped closer, his golden eyes burning into hers. "Claim it. Accept it. Make it your name and your crown. Pride is not weakness—it is the first sin, and it is yours."

As if the abyss itself responded, a strange pressure descended upon the hill. The air grew heavier, the scent of the fruit thicker, intoxicating. Lilith gasped softly as her form wavered, her aura expanding in waves that bent the darkness around her. Her black tendrils of hair writhed, glowing faintly red at their tips, while her eyes deepened in color until they burned like two infernal gems.

She straightened, her presence no longer hesitant or undefined. There was arrogance now in the way she held herself, a regal sharpness to her beauty that had not been there before. She smiled—a dangerous, knowing smile.

"I see…" she whispered, her voice velvet and venom all at once. "Pride. It feels… right."

Lucifer's own lips curved in satisfaction. "Good. Then let it shape you. Let it become you."

And in that moment, the first Sin was born—Pride incarnate, clothed in the form of Lilith.