Dorian, Last of the Demigods

The Night Cleaner

This thread follows Dorian from the slaughter of his kind and failed love with Jasmine to his long pursuit of revenge and eventual surrender of immortality.

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The Healer’s Early Hope The Healer’s Early Hope from "The Night Cleaner". The Healer’s Early Hope A life of service Dorian once uses his abilities as a healer in the service of people.

The Healer’s Early Hope from "The Night Cleaner". The Healer’s Early Hope A life of service Dorian once uses his abilities as a healer in the service of people.

The Healer’s Early Hope A life of service Dorian once uses his abilities as a healer in the service of people. He hopes to work in healing temples and earn his father Apollo’s approval. A future with Jasmine He and Jasmine imagine marriage, children, and a shared life of care. That future represents the loving identity he will later believe has been taken from him.

Survival by Deception Survival by Deception from "The Night Cleaner". Survival by Deception A false death Dorian uses a Fake-death potion to escape the slaughter, hoping Jasmine can escape with him.

Survival by Deception from "The Night Cleaner". Survival by Deception A false death Dorian uses a Fake-death potion to escape the slaughter, hoping Jasmine can escape with him.

Survival by Deception A false death Dorian uses a Fake-death potion to escape the slaughter, hoping Jasmine can escape with him. He wakes to discover that the other Demigods have been killed. Grief without closure He later finds Jasmine among the dead and gives her a funeral. His survival becomes inseparable from guilt over the life he could not save.

Witness to Divine Favor Witness to Divine Favor from "The Night Cleaner". Witness to Divine Favor The gods choose Draco Dorian sees The gods empower Draco to continue protecting humanity.

Witness to Divine Favor from "The Night Cleaner". Witness to Divine Favor The gods choose Draco Dorian sees The gods empower Draco to continue protecting humanity.

Witness to Divine Favor The gods choose Draco Dorian sees The gods empower Draco to continue protecting humanity. He is not responsible for the massacre, but the divine choice appears to confirm that his own people were discarded. Resentment hardens Dorian’s anger toward the gods becomes focused on Draco, whose role is the visible result of their decision. His old desire to help humanity begins to curdle into revenge.

Immortality as a Burden Immortality as a Burden from "The Night Cleaner". Immortality as a Burden A long campaign Dorian seeks immortality and gains it through the blood of gifted people.

Immortality as a Burden from "The Night Cleaner". Immortality as a Burden A long campaign Dorian seeks immortality and gains it through the blood of gifted people.

Immortality as a Burden A long campaign Dorian seeks immortality and gains it through the blood of gifted people. He spends centuries pursuing revenge and planning against Draco. The limit revealed His later fatal injury exposes that Demigods are mortal despite his prolonged life. Immortality delays loss rather than making him invulnerable, and it cannot protect him from grief.

A Mortal Choice A Mortal Choice from "The Night Cleaner". A Mortal Choice Love and remorse Dorian accepts that he loved Esme and that his revenge helped destroy the life she might have shared with him.

A Mortal Choice from "The Night Cleaner". A Mortal Choice Love and remorse Dorian accepts that he loved Esme and that his revenge helped destroy the life she might have shared with him.

A Mortal Choice Love and remorse Dorian accepts that he loved Esme and that his revenge helped destroy the life she might have shared with him. He must decide whether to risk facing her again. Immortality surrendered He agrees to return to the past and accepts mortality. The choice transforms endless survival from his prize into something he can relinquish for a finite life with Esme.

Before the Demigod Massacre

During the Demigod Massacre

After Dorian returns to service under Draco

Across Dorian’s centuries of survival

After the original timeline’s final battle