Phaethon of the Scorched Horizon

High-Risk simulated units mapped from real combat data. Through deep reconstruction and overfitting of prototype combat logic, certain individuals have broken past conventional performance thresholds, presenting an extremely high level of combat threat.

Light descends before the agony.
Uncontrollable Ether erupts like a solar corona. The silhouette of what was once "human" is burned, disintegrated, and reshaped into an aberration resembling an Ethereal. Crystalline lenses tremble deep within their vision, spilling excess radiance — too bright, too close, as if someone had embedded the blazing sun into their eye sockets.
Consciousness wears thin amidst the burning.
The swing ends — like a reflex, like a habit, lacking even the concept of a target. There is only a suffocatingly familiar blankness, as if long ago, they had also lost their voice and weight like this, watching everything plummet amidst the light and heat. Those buried fragments surge upward along the residual flames: the cold glare of the lab table, the sudden uncontrollable force, the faces drained of life... The memories are sickeningly vivid, leaving indelible scorch marks on the mind.
...Who is calling out?
That voice pierces the roar of blood rushing in the ears, briefly striking a faded name and granting their consciousness a momentary respite. Before their sanity is completely incinerated, a choice must be made — don't bring about another disaster. Go away. Leave... leave...
...Where to? With whom? To do what?
......
...Ah, I think we did make a deal like that...
..."We shall catch the 'sun'."

"To think your original sin would lead me to new heights over a decade later... How ironic, you legacy of 'Helios'."

In combat, Scorched Horizon leverages extraordinary Ether mastery to undergo multiple self-reconstructions, simulating various Etheric Other attack forms and their corresponding attributes. Scorched Horizon activates the Misty Veil state at specific opportunities while simultaneously enabling the Corruptive Barrier. Performing Chain Defensive moves against certain skills used during the Misty Veil state triggers Impaired and rapidly depletes the Corruptive Barrier. Additionally, during the Misty Veil state, updrafts will frequently appear across the battlefield — taking damage from these updrafts will restore a small amount of Scorched Horizon's Corruptive Barrier.