**I. Prologue: Before Light Had a Name** **(Ritual Intro · Choir · Narration · Ambient)** [Low Choir – Latin, sostenuto] Ex nihilo, non pax Ex silentio, non quies Ante tempus, ante deos Fames latet in tenebris [Spoken – Ancient, distant] Before light had a name Before sound learned to breathe There was no dark There was no dawn Only the pressure of becoming [Whispered Choir – antiphonal] Non motus Non vita Non mors [Narrator – calm, ominous] Creation had not yet chosen form Yet excess already waited Possibility stretched too far And silence began to tear [Choir – rising, dissonant] Ubi nimium est Ibi ruptura est Ubi ruptura est Ibi fames nascitur [Spoken – fractured, echoing] Infinity leaned forward And balance recoiled [Female Vocal – distant, lamenting] No stars to fall No skies to burn Yet something ached To be consumed [Male Whisper – layered] Not evil Not will Not hate [Full Choir – fortissimo] Non daemon Non deus Sed necessitas [Narrator – solemn] Where there is too much light There must be shadow Where creation overflows Something must eat [Choir – decrescendo, unresolved] Ante nomen Ante ignem Os vacuum vigilat [Final Whisper – fading into silence] Before the first star learned to die The hunger Was already awake [End]
