An original AI-generated sci-fi illustration on an immutable blockchain – The Chromatic Wraiths of Virellion – In the chromatic dawn of Virellion-9, the sky shimmered with impossible colors as three Void Wraiths emerged from the glowing fissures in the cracked terrain. Their bodies—woven from threads of cosmic plasma—drifted weightlessly, yet every step they took sent tremors through the ancient ground. Ahead of them towered the Celestial Spire, a structure older than the planet itself, pulsing with teal and magenta energy like a living star frozen in architecture. Legends whispered that within the Spire burned the Heart of Echoes, a core capable of rewriting the laws of existence. The Wraiths, once mortal explorers, had been transformed by the Spire’s radiance during an ill-fated expedition. Now bound to its will, they served as guardians—neither alive nor dead, but something in between. Their hollow gaze watched over the pathway of molten light, waiting for any who dared to trespass. Yet on this day, the Spire reacted. Waves of energy surged skyward, bending the nearby planets’ orbits and painting the nebula in spirals of luminescent fire. Something—or someone—was awakening within its depths. The Wraiths halted, sensing a presence moving toward the chamber of creation at the Spire’s core. A new traveler had arrived, and the Spire had chosen to stir once more.