Immortal Flame Clan

• Immortal Flame
• Smile of Heaven
• Broken Sword - married into the clan and became the heir.^[4]
• Nephis

Nephis' grandfather, Immortal Flame had been among the first wave of people infected by the Nightmare Spell. He fought against the Nightmare Creatures during the initial mayhem that followed its appearance. Back then, millions of people were suddenly thrust into the First Nightmares and died, resulting in millions of Nightmare Creatures entering the real world. Almost all of them were only of the Dormant rank, but that turned out to be too much for the armies of the already reeling humanity to handle. Whole nations were destroyed, and the planet was submerged into absolute chaos.^[4]

It was only thanks to people like Immortal Flame, who had not earned his True Name yet back then, that the situation changed. There were those who had survived the First Nightmare, then entered the Dream Realm and carved their path to Gateways. After returning to the real world, they united and fought back against the tide of Nightmare Creatures, eventually establishing a new world order.^[4]

The legendary Master died defending the evacuating cities from the onslaught of terrible creatures that entered the real world through a Category Five Gate. That event cost humanity an entire continent and led Nephis' mother, Smile of Heaven to become Hollow. According to the book, she died during the disaster while protecting civilians.^[4]

Nephis' father, Broken Sword, was not a Legacy by birth. He came from a very humble background that rose from absolute obscurity to the very pinnacle of prominence thanks to his talent and battle genius. He was a pauper who had won the heart of a princess and became the heir of the most venerated clan in human history. It was told that Broken Sword had been heartbroken by the death of his wife, and that drove him to rise even higher and challenge the Third Nightmare. Broken Sword miraculously succeeded in becoming the first Saint. But just a few years later, he perished in the Dream Realm while exploring a region that would later be categorized as a Death Zone.^[4]

After Broken Sword died, they lost most of their Memories. The ones that remained were sold one by one over the years, to keep their family afloat.^[6]

Slowly but surely, they lost their assets and standing. Some of their people left on their own free will, others forced to abandon them and many who remained died trying to protect Nephis. The most loyal ones persisted, several of them are Awakened, including her mentor who was a Master. But in the end, he was gone too.^[7]

By the time Nephis turned sixteen, all that remained were a few mundane servants who had been with them for so long that they had nowhere else to go. After her grandmother passed away and felt the call of the Nightmare spell, she paid them a generous stipend from what little funds the clan had left and let them go.^[7]

• Apparently, it was the will of the Sovereigns that brought about the destruction of the Immortal Flame Clan.^[8]
• The scions of Immortal Flame Clan inherited the lineage of Sun God, [The Fire].^[9]
• The immortal flame clan manor remained empty for the last three years after Nephis leave for the first nightmare.^[10]
• In Chapter 2261, it was proclaimed that the Immortal Flame clan would be restored.