P.A.V.O

Character File: AGENT P.A.V.O.

Name: Pavel Andris (“Agent P.A.V.O.”)

Occupation: Geological Researcher

Condition: Permanent burn scars on neck and hands

Affiliation: Former geologist for the ILUNIA-affiliated exploration branch “Terra 7”

A young geological researcher, identified in ILUNIA records as "Agent P.A.V.O.", had tried throughout his life to hear the soil's memory. When, as a child in Riga, he first heard his mother say, "Every stone carries a prayer," he mistook it for a metaphor, until, during an excavation on the Baltic coast, he discovered a golden eye symbol carved into the walls. That day, the earth had actually breathed, and P.A.V.O.'s hands had been burned. The scars on his hands never healed, but the burns would sometimes vibrate slightly, as if they were alive. After this incident, ILUNIA's geological research unit, Terra 7, called him; they gave him the opportunity to study the "consciousness" that lies deep within the earth. P.A.V.O. was about to approach the faith hidden behind science.

Years later, deep in a collapsed mine in Patagonia, he discovered rings that vibrated as if someone were breathing underground. The locals called them "Los Ojos" — eyes. One night, at the campsite, he heard a voice coming from beneath the earth: “Return the ashes to the source.” Hearing the voice of the earth, the man learned to speak to the stones from that moment on. In the ILUNIA experiments conducted at Mirror Lake near Copenhagen, he no longer saw his own face in the reflection of the water, but his burned hands. With each wavering of the reflection, the sentence ILUNIA had taught him echoed: “To understand the earth, you must let it consume you.” Near that lake, P.A.V.O. lost his voice; from that day on, he could only communicate with his hands, the language of stone.

In Toledo, he took part in ILUNIA’s “Sun Beneath” project in an ancient temple underground. There, a frequency was discovered that matched the vibrations sent into the Earth’s crust with human consciousness. But the experiment spiraled out of control; with a burst of light, the walls of the cellar melted, and the burns on P.A.V.O.’s neck flared up again. But what he saw at that moment wasn't a burn, but a sign: ILUNIA's central symbol had appeared on the wall in a golden reflection. That sign showed that he was no longer just a researcher, but part of the ritual.

His last mission was to the "Echo Site" base beneath the glaciers in northern Canada. There, he found a symbol sealed in ice beneath a stone, identical to the one in Riga. When he placed his hands on the ice, all the symbols began to burn. The whispers returned: "You are the bridge between soil and mind. The seventh observer." At that moment, the ice broke, revealing a dark void beneath him. P.A.V.O. stepped into that void and never returned. Only a note remained: "The earth remembers. I am home."

The ILUNIA cult never considered P.A.V.O. lost. To them, he was no longer a body, but a frequency, the living echo of the "Terra 7 Protocol." In every room where the players found his notes, the walls vibrated slightly, golden veins rippled in the marble. And sometimes, in the silence, P.A.V.O.'s low voice could be heard:

"Every stone you step on has seen me before. You just don't remember."