Synopsis – Crimson Bloom: Ascend
In the static hush between routine and ruin, Aria Solenne is just another college girl trying to make it through the week. By day, she's dozing through lectures and shelving rare books at an underfunded indie bookstore. By night, she escapes into stories — novels, digital lore, dreams far too lucid to ignore. But deep down, Aria knows something's been off for a while. Her reflection lingers too long. Her skin burns at the wrong kind of moonlight. And her dreams? They don't feel like fiction anymore.
Then she meets Selene Virelle.
She's not like the other weirdos roaming campus or downtown. Ex - military. Ice in her voice. Tactical gear disguised as fashion. She watches Aria like she's a secret no one else is allowed to understand — and more than that, like she remembers her. Because she does.
Selene made a deal with a goddess to get this second chance.
In the first timeline, Aria died — executed by the very council sworn to protect humanity. Selene had been too late, too trusting, too human. She failed her, and the world crumbled in the aftermath. This life? This timeline? It's not just a second chance. It's vengeance wrapped in devotion. Selene will not fail again — and if she has to unmake the world to keep Aria breathing, she will do it without hesitation.
Because Aria isn't just human.
She's the daughter of something long erased. Her blood sings with the call of Aphrodite, the very concept of love turned flesh. But her veins also carry the dormant lineage of vampires and succubi — a fusion of hunger, heat, and haunting power. The world might've gone digital, might've put gods in museums and myths in podcasts — but blood still remembers.
And it's starting to wake up.
Cracks are forming in the sleek modern facade. Abandoned neighborhoods vanish without warning. Variant mutations — once dismissed as conspiracy — now prowl subway tunnels and collapsed smart - cities. And beneath the hush of corporate suppression and failing satellites, whispers of divine interference flicker in encrypted forums and black market labs.
Aria isn't just a girl anymore.
She's a beacon.
And that kind of light draws attention.
One by one, women who should've been strangers begin orbiting her life — pulled by fate, obsession, or something darker.
Selene, the soldier. Protective. Cold. Her ice shields, maims, and kisses like memory. She says little, but every glance at Aria screams with restraint and possession.
Nova Caelin, the hacker. A digital terrorist with neon streaks in her hair and lightning under her skin. She's chaos wrapped in sarcasm, and she'd break every encryption law in existence just to see Aria smile. She doesn't follow rules — she follows Aria.
Lys Amaranthe, the biotech prodigy. Former hunter turned underground healer. She's soft - voiced, wind - touched, and heartbreakingly loyal. She doesn't ask to stay. She just does. And when Aria bleeds, she's the one who stitches her back together — every time.
Iris Vale, the war photographer. Silent. Watching. With earth - shifting illusions and an ancient camera no one's been able to decode. She doesn't speak much — but she captures everything. Especially Aria. Especially when she thinks no one's looking.
Elara Nyx, the fallen pop star. Once the voice of a generation — now a whispered cautionary tale. Her siren heritage reawakened during a sonic collapse, and she came back burning. Velvet skirts, golden chains, a voice that can break cities. She wants Aria like a prophecy — something to sing, to own, to burn with.
And then there's the one none of them talk about.
Athena.
She was the first. A goddess in a world that doesn't worship anymore. When Aria was still human, still fragile and dreaming, it was Athena who shaped her. Who whispered strategy between kisses. Who gave Aria her blood — and through it, awakened both her succubus and vampire sides.
They loved in another life. Not sweetly. Not softly. But with purpose — locked away in a dreamspace where time bled and nothing was innocent. Weeks of divine hunger, of flesh and myth colliding, until even Aphrodite — Aria's own mother — couldn't resist teasing them when Aria finally ascended.
But Athena was dragged back to Olympus. Forbidden from returning. And yet… sometimes, when Aria dreams too vividly, she feels her. Watching. Waiting. Wanting.
Now, with the world quietly falling apart — surveillance failing, governments crumbling behind corporate curtains, Variants hunting in packs — Aria doesn't get the luxury of choosing what she is.
She's already become it.
And the women drawn to her? They're not allies. They're devotees. Each with their own kind of loyalty. Each with their own kind of obsession.
• Selene would die for her — or kill, without hesitation.
• Nova would blow up the city grid just to see her blush.
• Lys would break herself piece by piece to keep Aria breathing.
• Iris would photograph every moment of her unraveling like it was holy.
• Elara would brand her name into the sky and call it music.
• Athena would fall from Olympus itself — again — if it meant touching Aria's lips one more time.
Aria used to be a girl caught in a storm.
Now she is the storm.
And even she's starting to wonder… is she still Aria Solenne?
Or is she the beginning of something else?
• Aria Solenne – College student. Half - succubus, half - vampire. Daughter of Aphrodite. Becoming a living myth in a dying world. Her desires are no longer innocent — they're gravity.
• Selene Virelle – 24. Cryokinetic former soldier. Steely, protective, and devastating in combat. Feels more than she shows. Obsessed in silence.
• Nova Caelin – 21. Hacker and chaos engineer. Controls lightning and networks with equal volatility. Reckless, flirty, fiercely devoted. Aria is her favorite glitch.
• Lys Amaranthe – 23. Wind and regenerative healer. Scientific mind with a bleeding heart. Stays behind to pick up the pieces — even when they're her own.
• Iris Vale – 25. Illusionist and earth-touched journalist. Speaks in photos and silence. Watches Aria like a confession she can't stop writing.
• Elara Nyx – 20. Siren-blooded pop idol turned pyrokinetic weapon. Velvet voice, velvet flame, velvet chains. Her love is dangerous, and it doesn't share.
• Athena – Ancient. Goddess of strategy, wisdom, and war. Aria's original lover from another realm. Left divinity behind to feel again. Wants Aria not as a goddess — but as hers.
• Aphrodite – Eternal. Goddess of love and Aria's mother. Watches from behind the veil. Sometimes helpful, sometimes cruel — always invested in Aria's becoming.
In a world obsessed with control, Aria Solenne is the one variable no one accounted for.
She doesn't fit the prophecy.
She rewrites it.
And the women who follow her?
They don't want to be saved.
They want to belong — even if it means burning for it.
Crimson Bloom: Ascend — is the story of what happens when power wakes up in a girl who never asked for it — and six women who would do anything just to be in her orbit when the world ends.