ACCESS LEVEL: PROVENANCE-RED
DATE STAMP: [REDACTED]
Compiled by: [REDACTED]
THE UNION GOVERNMENT
CITIZENSHIP RECORDS DIVISION
OFFICIAL BIRTH REGISTRATION
Form ID: U-CRD-BX/1040-7731
Full Name: Marilyn Ridgewood
Citizen ID: 1040-77-0913-RW
Date of Birth: Cycle 1043.3
Time of Birth: 07:13 UTC, Standard Union Time
Place of Birth: Sector 3B – Ventura Residential Ring, Core Zone
Primary Guardian: [CLASS ZERO SEALED]
Secondary Guardian: [CLASS ZERO SEALED]
Biological Origin Match: 100.00% DNA confirmation match to:
— Subject A: Founder Adam
— Subject B: Founder Eve
Lineage Classification: Ω-Origin | Direct Bloodline
- Citizen Tier: MASKED – False Civilian Tier 0
- Monitoring Status: Active surveillance by Provenance Division Theta
- Behavioral Anomaly Log: Initiated; zero entries to date
- Subject Knowledge Level: NONE
All familial records, guardianship logs, and medical files have been rewritten per directive.
Subject placed in an artificial domestic environment under standard control conditions.
Designation: Overseer Elin Jorrell
Division: Union Vital Systems – Internal Suppression Bureau
Signature: [ENCRYPTED – AUTHORIZED BY FOUNDER EVE]
?? This document is sealed under FOUNDER’S LAW
?? Vault Copy: Citadel Core / Black Archive Sector IX
?? Cross-Linked to Serosh Observation Directive
THE UNION GOVERNMENT
ASCENSION TRANSPORTS DIVISION
PORTAL USE REPORT – CLASS ZERO
Transfer ID: PTL-Ω-1045-MARI
Filed By: Director Issel Norn, Dimensional Transfer Authority
Clearance Level: Ω-PROTOCOL – FOUNDER DIRECTIVE ONLY
Date of Filing: Cycle 1045.1
Founder Adam has initiated relocation of Subject Marilyn Ridgewood (Mari) to Earth-Sector E-3 for the purpose of behavioral immersion, civilian development, and controlled distance from Union metaphysical exposure.
Official records list the purpose as psychological stabilization of a Founder-line descendant.
Internal records designate the transfer as a containment strategy—to delay the activation of a prophesied role tied to an ancient pact.
During the Vault 9 Contact Event, Founder Adam was granted the demon heart of Khareth’el.
The transaction was not without terms.
In exchange for power, Adam agreed to deliver:
“The next man born of his line.”
Not a daughter.
Not himself. A son—to serve as vessel for the demon’s return.
Name: Marilyn Ridgewood
Citizen ID: 1043-77-0913-RW
Age at Transfer: 2.3 cycles
Lineage: Adam (Founder) + Eve (Founder)
Seed Classification: God-Class (Variant: Black)
Location: Spine – Lumbar Integration
Status: Dormant
Aura Emission: Suppressed via dampener array
- Destination: Earth – Sector E-3 Suburban Masked Grid
- Cover Identities:
- Adam: Arms Dealer
- Eve: Government Worker
- Mari: Civilian Tier-0 (Masked Records)
- Environmental Shielding:
- Dimensional resonance scrubbers installed
- Residential memory fog perimeter in place
- One disguised Desimaro assigned to observe under civilian caretaker identity
- Portal transfer completed: Cycle 1045.1, Rotation 06
- Mari exhibited brief discomfort upon re-entry
- Spinal seed pulsed once at 07:14 UTC, then stabilized
- Demon signature scan: No response
Subject integrated.
Monitoring active.
Filed under: Ω-PROTOCOL | DEMONPACT DEFERRED STATUS
— Director Issel Norn
Ascension Transports Division
THE UNION GOVERNMENT
EARTH OBSERVATION CELL – SECTOR E-3
INCIDENT REPORT – RED PRIORITY
Report ID: E3-IR/1055-MARI-013
Filed By: Agent Elen Voss, Embedded Provenance Operator
Clearance Level: Ω-PROTOCOL – BLACKLOCK STATUS
Date of Filing: Cycle 1055.9
Type: Residential Breach / Homicide
Location: 1340 Haven Street, Grid E-3, Earth Deployment Zone
Subjects Affected:
– Marilyn Ridgewood (Deceased)
– Founder Adam (Present)
– Founder Eve (Present)
– Assailant A (Captured – Conscious)
– Assailant B (Captured – Comatose)
02:37 AM (Earth Standard Time): Two adult male intruders breach the residential perimeter of Founder Adam’s Earthside residence. Surveillance systems are disabled using a short-range EMP device—basic-grade tech, Earth origin.
02:39 AM: Subjects enter home through east access. Audio logs confirm discussion regarding material theft.
02:41 AM: Subject Marilyn Ridgewood awakens. Audio confirms vocal distress. Subject appears disoriented and unaware of threat context. No response from spinal seed.
02:43 AM: Conflict arises between assailants regarding the presence of the child.
02:44 AM: Subject Marilyn Ridgewood is executed at close range by firearm. One round. No scream recorded.
02:45 AM: Founders Adam and Eve arrive. Assailants are subdued within 90 seconds. No lethal force applied.
02:49 AM: Union Black Channel is activated. Response team dispatched.
Name: Marilyn Ridgewood
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Age: 12 cycles
Status: Deceased
Cause of Death: Ballistic trauma – frontal lobe, instant fatality
Spinal Seed Classification: God-Class (Black Variant)
Activity: Dormant – No activation pre-, during, or post-mortem
Notes: Seed remains physically intact. No aura emission or response to threat stimulus. No anomaly pulses detected.
Both individuals are confirmed as members of a local Earth criminal faction operating under a mid-tier urban syndicate based in the E-3 underground grid. Neither displayed knowledge of the true identity of the residence's occupants.
Assailant A:
– Captured alive
– Non-enhanced human
– Confessed under interrogation: “We were just told to hit the place. Looked rich. Supposed to grab tech, maybe jewelry. Nobody said there’d be people home.”
– Motivated by assumed wealth. No ideological or supernatural agenda detected.
Assailant B:
– Currently comatose
– Suffered severe cranial trauma during apprehension
– Awaiting medical stabilization for formal inquiry
No known links to cult activity, prophecy organizations, or anti-Union operatives.
Founder Adam retrieved the child’s body personally. Founder Eve entered an unresponsive state and did not communicate. No signs of emotional grief were displayed by either subject. Neither Founder acknowledged recovery personnel or scene investigators.
At 07:34 AM, Founder Adam issued a direct revival order to Union Biogenesis Division Theta:
“Preserve the body. Begin preparation for reconstitution. The vessel’s mother must be returned.”
No references were made to emotional loss. Revival was framed exclusively in terms of necessity—prophetic continuity, not personal recovery.
Both Founders departed at 08:13 AM via Portal Channel 09-A without briefing or debrief submission.
Subject Marilyn Ridgewood was never the prophesied vessel—she was the bearer. Her role, confirmed by multiple prophetic fragments across the Vault Codices, positioned her as the future mother of the demon’s host, not the host herself.
Her death constitutes a severe timeline disruption, but was not the result of coordinated opposition. It was accidental. Casual. Random.
That fact is considered the most dangerous element of the incident.
The prophecy is not unraveling due to enemies.
It is unraveling due to chance.
Founder behavior suggests complete strategic prioritization over personal loss. Subject’s revival is requested not to restore the child, but to restore the timeline.
– Subject: Deceased
– Revival: Ordered
– Prophecy: Temporarily delayed
– Earth Operations: Suspended
– Monitoring of assailant’s employer underway
– No cult interference suspected
– Timeline continuity under reevaluation by Provenance High Council
Filed Under: Ω-PROTOCOL – BLOODLINE INTERRUPTION DIRECTIVE
Report Finalized By: Agent Elen Voss
Provenance – Earth Cell E-3
THE UNION GOVERNMENT
PROVENANCE OPERATIONS DIVISION
UNION BLACK CONTRACT – EYES ONLY
Contract ID: PRV-BLK-8827-Z
Issued To: Zara Vale, Independent Contractor (Rank: Shadow Tier-2)
Cycle Issued: 1056.1
Contract Duration: Open until nullified by Director or Founder Order
Clearance Level: CLASS BLACK – NON-DISCLOSURE SEALED
This contract has been initiated at the personal request of Founders Adam and Eve.
Directive was delivered directly to Provenance Command without mediation. No justification was provided beyond the phrase:
“She must be tested. She must be shaped. We will not interfere.”
Assignment has been prioritized above all regional oversight directives.
OBJECTIVE
The contractor, Zara Vale, is hereby assigned to monitor, assess, and develop Subject Marilyn Ridgewood, operative under Hunter Corps Initiative following her classified revival. The contractor is to embed within Hunter-linked logistics and provide the Subject with a curated path of escalating difficulty, designed to test combat readiness, emotional resilience, and moral elasticity.
Subject is not to be informed of any oversight, relation to the Founders, or her prophetic relevance.
- Integrate into Hunter systems through civilian, contractor, or mission curator role.
- Submit contract opportunities to Subject under masked aliases via Hunter Job Net.
- Artificially modulate job difficulty based on Subject’s adaptation curve.
- Ensure exposure to near-death scenarios, moral ambiguity, and prolonged field hardship.
- Report on Subject’s aura state, emotional variance, and any signs of seed fluctuation.
- Intervene only if Subject's death is statistically imminent or if interference aligns with long-term directive.
Name: Marilyn Ridgewood
Designation: Hunter-Class Initiate (Revived)
Age at Assignment Start: 12.3 cycles
Known Assets: Dormant God-Class Seed (Black Variant)
Threat Level: Latent | High-Potential
Notes: Subject is prophesied to give birth to the vessel bound by the demon pact initiated by Founder Adam. She is unaware of this role.
- Subject must not learn of Union, Provenance, or Founder involvement
- Contractor identity must remain hidden; Zara is to present solely as a fellow Hunter
- No disclosure of contract, observation, or assignment parameters
- All communications with Provenance must be secure, indirect, and encrypted
- Any sign of Subject questioning Zara’s role must be deflected or neutralized
- Tier-2 Union Credit Stipend
- Scale 4 hazard bonus active for psychological risk
- Full immunity from civilian prosecution for duration of contract
- Black-tier clearance upgrade upon successful completion
- Optional mind-wipe or emotional scrub upon termination of role
This assignment is not mentorship.
This is calculated exposure.
Founders Adam and Eve have made no emotional claim to the Subject.
Their interest is not parental—it is instrumental.
The Subject is not to be protected from consequence.
She is to become worthy of it.
“No god walks unbroken.” – Founder Eve
AUTHORIZED BY:
Director Issel Norn
Provenance Command, Operations Division
?? This contract is sealed under Ω-PROTOCOL | BLACKLOCK – FOUNDER ISSUED
?? Violation of any clause will result in memory extraction or termination
I sat in the corner of the old server vault, the hum of the busted terminal barely louder than the pounding in my head.
The file was still open. Every line of it felt like a blade.
Bearer of the vessel. Spinal seed. Revived by Founder order. Revival not emotional—strategic.
My name was all over it. Not the name I’d made for myself since Adam crushed me in front of half the city. No. This one had weight. A barcode. A chain around my throat.
Marilyn Ridgewood. Daughter of Adam and Eve.
Mother of the thing they sold me out for.
The Saints’ last raid on a Provenance archive node had gone smoother than usual—Nova cackling through the halls, Fuse high off his ass, Rook yelling about protocol no one followed. I’d snagged the encrypted core from the vault myself.
I thought maybe it’d have a lead. A weapon. A hidden cell.
Not this.
Not me.
“Yo!” Nova’s voice cracked the silence like glass breaking. “You finally looking through the goodies we swiped, huh?”
I didn’t turn. I stared at the screen, fingers still hovering over the keyboard.
She sauntered a few steps behind me, popping a sucker into her mouth like this was just another loot dump. “How’s it feel knowing we’re possibly sitting on some top-shelf, world-ending files and all I cared about was if the chairs spun?”
I turned to face her, slowly. “You found this?”
“Mhmm.” She flopped onto a half-broken crate, legs swinging, grinning like a kid who just handed someone a bomb. “Skein found the node, Ghost cracked it, I pulled your name out of the mess. Figured it was, y’know… fate or something.”
“How did you even get access to this?” I asked. My voice didn’t sound like mine. It was thinner. Tighter.
Nova just smirked. “We have our ways. The Saints may not believe in governments, but we’re damn good at looting from them.”
She didn’t offer more. Of course she didn’t.
I looked back at the terminal. “This is… it’s everything. My life. The Union’s files. The prophecy. The revival. They revived me because I’m supposed to give birth to something. To someone. A vessel for the demon Adam made a deal with.”
“Yeah,” Nova said, voice soft now. “I skimmed. Didn't seem like bedtime reading.”
I swallowed hard. “They didn’t care I died. Just that the prophecy stalled.”
“You surprised?” she asked. Not cruel. Just honest. “They built cities to worship themselves. You think they know what grief feels like?”
I didn’t answer.
Nova let the silence hang, then leaned forward, elbows on knees. “You’re not with us yet, I know. You’re still doing your own thing. But you keep showing up. Raiding with us. Fighting beside us. Losing with us.”
She tilted her head, her grin returning. “You’re not here to rebel. You’re here to get stronger. So next time Adam shows his face, you don’t crawl away from it.”
I stared at her.
She wasn’t wrong.
“Why show me this?” I asked. “Why not keep it? Sell it? Use it?”
Nova blinked, popped the sucker from her mouth. “Because it’s yours. And because sometimes, the only way to burn down your gods… is to see exactly how they built you.”
She stood, stretched, and headed for the exit. “Oh—and Skein’s got a guy who can maybe read more from that seed in your spine. If you want answers.”
Then she was gone.
And I was alone with the truth.
Again.