Legacy of the Freeze
By Lee
In the cold darkness, he slowly opened his eyes.
‘Welcome, Isaac Lavelle, after five hundred years.’
Mechanical sounds rang in his ears, and an unfamiliar sky dominated overhead.
The city glowed, but the light was not warm. Beneath the neon lights, the human was no longer human.
He was the last human with memories of the 21st century.
And, he was the heir to the Ravel family.
In the past, he had been placed in a cryocapsule in a body on the verge of death.
"My family will bring you back to life."
The promise was kept.
But the world... something was badly warped.
The Ravel family is now a mega-conglomerate that rules the world.
Each building was a city, each person a system.
Everything was sophisticated, efficient, and brutal.
Isaac lived in a golden skyscraper.
A state-of-the-art body, immortal life, and emperor-like powers.
But the world outside his window was different.
The lower floors were hell.
Labourers enslaved to machines, slums where even breathing was controlled, children born without hope.
Isaac asked a question.
‘What civilisation have we built, and for whom?’
That night, he travelled secretly to a location.
Through a complex of vents and closed tunnels, he arrived at an unnamed space.
There, ‘people’ were fighting.
Bloodied faces, rusted guns, but the eyes were alive.
"Are you... a label?"
"Just Isaac now."
He picked up his first gun that day.
And soon after, his identity was revealed to the family.
‘Traitor.’
Instead of banishment, the death penalty was ordered.
But he had already fled.
‘I will destroy the world they have created.’
Flames began to engulf the city.
The frozen man was now the spark of a revolution.
🏙️ Main Background Place Setting
🏢 1. Arcadia Spire
Home of the Ravel family / symbol of the upper class city
Item
Contents
Location
Megatower soaring into the sky, over 3,000 meters high
Appearance
Massive spire structure of glass and metal. Has its own weather system, airship landing pad, and gravity adjustment zone
Purpose
Residence of the Ravel family and meeting place for senior directors. AI central command center is located
Features
No outsiders are allowed inside. Ultra-luxurious inside the tower, no citizen access below the tower. Considered the ‘realm of the gods’
💡Tips
This location can be used as a metaphor for ‘deified power’.
It is the first place Isaac is resurrected, making it a good starting point for the narrative.
🌆 2. Niflheim Undercity
Lower part of the city, slum and center of resistance activity
Item
Contents
Location
Between 50 and 150 floors below the Megatower. Little sunlight
Appearance
Buildings on the verge of collapse, contaminated sewage, smells of steam and oil
Uses
Housing for factory workers, illegal cyber-organ trafficking, weapons distribution, hacker organizations, etc.
Features
Frequent surveillance drones controlled by the Ravel family. Anti-government graffiti, murals, and guerrilla broadcasts appear
💡Tips
The stage for Sera and Marco's activities.
Effective as a place to create a stark contrast between “light and shadow”.
🧊 3. Sirius Cryo Facility
Cryopreservation facility where Isaac was put to sleep
Item
Contents
Location
Former underground military base, now a secret area owned by an unofficial label
Appearance
White, sterile room dominated by cold and metal. Dozens of cryocapsule storage rooms
Purpose
A 'preservation' laboratory for the future human elite. Time preservation capsules and DNA backup servers exist
Features
Only Isaac is revived. Internal systems can only be operated by a labeled ancient code
💡Tips
A “hidden key to the truth” room that can be used in flashbacks, secret discoveries, or later plot points.
🛠️ 4. Red Code Bazaar
Black market where illegal technology and information is traded
Items
Contents
Location
Inside an underground tunnel beneath Nippleheim
Appearance
A messy maze of red lights, steam, and wires. Trade in hacked items, mechanical parts, biochips, etc.
Uses
Important route for the Resistance to obtain information and resources
Features
Anonymous middlemen, questionable information traders. Hidden surveillance by Lilith's label
💡Tips
Great for dramatic scenes, such as Sera and Isaac's “trust building” or Lilith's spy reveal.
🌐 5. Nova Nexus
AI server core / world central information network controlled by the Ravel family
Item
Contents
Location
Top secret area, 500 meters below the ocean floor.
Appearance
Thousands of servers and bio-AI brainwave devices connected inside a transparent spherical structure.
A zero-gravity data space
Purpose
The core server from which the Ravel family monitors and controls the world
Features
The location of the final showdown. The stage for Isaac and Lilith's clash of philosophies and showdown
🧊 Character Sheet: “Legacy of the Freeze”
🔷 1. Isaac Lavel
Item Contents
Age Appearance Mid-30s (actual age: approximately 500 years old)
Appearance/Costume Silver-white hair, deep-set eyes, and a classy, scarless face.
Black high-necked suit and coat with metallic details. Eyes are gray, with advanced AR lenses in the eyeballs.
Wears House Ravel's proprietary interface device on his wrist.
Personality Cold and logical, but with a strong desire for humanity.
Has grown increasingly skeptical of the “perfect system” he was used to.
Strongly driven, sometimes recklessly obsessed with his beliefs.
Role A frozen man brought back from the past.
Heir to the Ravel family, but joined the Resistance to overthrow the system.
Well versed in technology and information from the upper echelons of society.
💡Tip: Isaac is perfect on the outside, but he's not good at expressing his emotions, which makes him a fascinating character to draw as he has a complex inner life.
🔶 2. Sera Bloom
Item Contents
Age 28
Appearance/Costume Red bobbed hair, side bangs modified into a cyberjack port.
Leather functional armor jacket, multiple hacking tools and smoke grenades on her belt.
Left eye is a red artificial eye (with hacking interface).
Personality Straightforward and rebellious.
Joined the resistance after losing his family to a mechanized society.
Wary of Isaac, but gradually grows to trust him.
Role Key Resistance hacker and combat commander.
Works alongside Isaac on operations and develops a relationship with him that goes beyond that of a colleague.
💡Tip: Portraying Sera as outwardly strong, but more of a camaraderie than anything else, will create dramatic conflict and cooperation.
🔺 3. Marco Jane
Entry Contents
Age 45
Appearance/Costume Muscular build, shaved head, burn scars on face.
Wears a military exoskeleton combat suit. Mechanical arm (self-contained weapon).
Voice is a mixture of machine-corrected sounds.
Personality Blunt, soldier-like demeanor.
But deep down, he cares about his teammates more than anyone else.
Initially suspicious of Isaac as an enemy, but eventually accepts him as a partner in the fight.
Role Commander of a Resistance fighting unit.
Has a vendetta against the Ravel family for the loss of his family in the past.
💡Tips: Marco is a character with a dramatic backstory and conflict structure, so it's important to set up a tense relationship with Isaac.
⚫ 4. Lilis Lavel (Lilis Lavel)
Entry Contents
Age Appearance Mid-to-late 20s
Appearance/Costume Pale skin, long black hair.
Black robes with golden embroidery.
Emotionless smile on her face, Lavel family symbol ring on her hand.
Personality Calculating and cold.
Believes in mechanical efficiency and considers emotion a useless vestige.
Observes and tries to manipulate Isaac.
Role The current head of the Ravel family.
Isaac's descendant and considers him an ‘outlier’.
Will do whatever it takes to maintain the family's vested interests.
💡Tips: Emphasizing Lilith's sense of being a ‘mechanized aristocrat’ fits in well with the dystopian sentiment. Her philosophical opposition to Isaac is also a major source of conflict.
Story Content
In the cold darkness, he slowly opened his eyes.
‘Welcome, Isaac Lavelle, after five hundred years.’
Mechanical sounds rang in his ears, and an unfamiliar sky dominated overhead.
The city glowed, but the light was not warm.
Beneath the neon lights, the human was no longer human.
He was the last human with memories of the 21st century.
And, he was the heir to the Ravel family.
In the past, he had been placed in a cryocapsule in a body on the verge of death.
"My family will bring you back to life."
The promise was kept.
But the world...
something was badly warped.
The Ravel family is now a mega-conglomerate that rules the world.
Each building was a city, each person a system.
Everything was sophisticated, efficient, and brutal.
Isaac lived in a golden skyscraper.
A state-of-the-art body, immortal life, and emperor-like powers.
But the world outside his window was different.
The lower floors were hell.
Labourers enslaved to machines, slums where even breathing was controlled, children born without hope.
Isaac asked a question.
‘What civilisation have we built, and for whom?’
That night, he travelled secretly to a location.
Through a complex of vents and closed tunnels, he arrived at an unnamed space.
There, ‘people’ were fighting.
Bloodied faces, rusted guns, but the eyes were alive.
"Are you...
a label?"
"Just Isaac now."
He picked up his first gun that day.
And soon after, his identity was revealed to the family.
‘Traitor.’
Instead of banishment, the death penalty was ordered.
But he had already fled.
‘I will destroy the world they have created.’
Flames began to engulf the city.
The frozen man was now the spark of a revolution.
🏙️ Main Background Place Setting
🏢 1.
Arcadia Spire
Home of the Ravel family / symbol of the upper class city
Item
Contents
Location
Megatower soaring into the sky, over 3,000 meters high
Appearance
Massive spire structure of glass and metal.
Has its own weather system, airship landing pad, and gravity adjustment zone
Purpose
Residence of the Ravel family and meeting place for senior directors.
AI central command center is located
Features
No outsiders are allowed inside.
Ultra-luxurious inside the tower, no citizen access below the tower.
Considered the ‘realm of the gods’
💡Tips
This location can be used as a metaphor for ‘deified power’.
It is the first place Isaac is resurrected, making it a good starting point for the narrative.
🌆 2.
Niflheim Undercity
Lower part of the city, slum and center of resistance activity
Item
Contents
Location
Between 50 and 150 floors below the Megatower.
Little sunlight
Appearance
Buildings on the verge of collapse, contaminated sewage, smells of steam and oil
Uses
Housing for factory workers, illegal cyber-organ trafficking, weapons distribution, hacker organizations, etc.
Features
Frequent surveillance drones controlled by the Ravel family.
Anti-government graffiti, murals, and guerrilla broadcasts appear
💡Tips
The stage for Sera and Marco's activities.
Effective as a place to create a stark contrast between “light and shadow”.
🧊 3.
Sirius Cryo Facility
Cryopreservation facility where Isaac was put to sleep
Item
Contents
Location
Former underground military base, now a secret area owned by an unofficial label
Appearance
White, sterile room dominated by cold and metal.
Dozens of cryocapsule storage rooms
Purpose
A 'preservation' laboratory for the future human elite.
Time preservation capsules and DNA backup servers exist
Features
Only Isaac is revived.
Internal systems can only be operated by a labeled ancient code
💡Tips
A “hidden key to the truth” room that can be used in flashbacks, secret discoveries, or later plot points.
🛠️ 4.
Red Code Bazaar
Black market where illegal technology and information is traded
Items
Contents
Location
Inside an underground tunnel beneath Nippleheim
Appearance
A messy maze of red lights, steam, and wires.
Trade in hacked items, mechanical parts, biochips, etc.
Uses
Important route for the Resistance to obtain information and resources
Features
Anonymous middlemen, questionable information traders.
Hidden surveillance by Lilith's label
💡Tips
Great for dramatic scenes, such as Sera and Isaac's “trust building” or Lilith's spy reveal.
🌐 5.
Nova Nexus
AI server core / world central information network controlled by the Ravel family
Item
Contents
Location
Top secret area, 500 meters below the ocean floor.
Appearance
Thousands of servers and bio-AI brainwave devices connected inside a transparent spherical structure.
A zero-gravity data space
Purpose
The core server from which the Ravel family monitors and controls the world
Features
The location of the final showdown.
The stage for Isaac and Lilith's clash of philosophies and showdown
🧊 Character Sheet: “Legacy of the Freeze”
🔷 1.
Isaac Lavel
Item Contents
Age Appearance Mid-30s (actual age: approximately 500 years old)
Appearance/Costume Silver-white hair, deep-set eyes, and a classy, scarless face.
Black high-necked suit and coat with metallic details.
Eyes are gray, with advanced AR lenses in the eyeballs.
Wears House Ravel's proprietary interface device on his wrist.
Personality Cold and logical, but with a strong desire for humanity.
Has grown increasingly skeptical of the “perfect system” he was used to.
Strongly driven, sometimes recklessly obsessed with his beliefs.
Role A frozen man brought back from the past.
Heir to the Ravel family, but joined the Resistance to overthrow the system.
Well versed in technology and information from the upper echelons of society.
💡Tip: Isaac is perfect on the outside, but he's not good at expressing his emotions, which makes him a fascinating character to draw as he has a complex inner life.
🔶 2.
Sera Bloom
Item Contents
Age 28
Appearance/Costume Red bobbed hair, side bangs modified into a cyberjack port.
Leather functional armor jacket, multiple hacking tools and smoke grenades on her belt.
Left eye is a red artificial eye (with hacking interface).
Personality Straightforward and rebellious.
Joined the resistance after losing his family to a mechanized society.
Wary of Isaac, but gradually grows to trust him.
Role Key Resistance hacker and combat commander.
Works alongside Isaac on operations and develops a relationship with him that goes beyond that of a colleague.
💡Tip: Portraying Sera as outwardly strong, but more of a camaraderie than anything else, will create dramatic conflict and cooperation.
🔺 3.
Marco Jane
Entry Contents
Age 45
Appearance/Costume Muscular build, shaved head, burn scars on face.
Wears a military exoskeleton combat suit.
Mechanical arm (self-contained weapon).
Voice is a mixture of machine-corrected sounds.
Personality Blunt, soldier-like demeanor.
But deep down, he cares about his teammates more than anyone else.
Initially suspicious of Isaac as an enemy, but eventually accepts him as a partner in the fight.
Role Commander of a Resistance fighting unit.
Has a vendetta against the Ravel family for the loss of his family in the past.
💡Tips: Marco is a character with a dramatic backstory and conflict structure, so it's important to set up a tense relationship with Isaac.
⚫ 4.
Lilis Lavel (Lilis Lavel)
Entry Contents
Age Appearance Mid-to-late 20s
Appearance/Costume Pale skin, long black hair.
Black robes with golden embroidery.
Emotionless smile on her face, Lavel family symbol ring on her hand.
Personality Calculating and cold.
Believes in mechanical efficiency and considers emotion a useless vestige.
Observes and tries to manipulate Isaac.
Role The current head of the Ravel family.
Isaac's descendant and considers him an ‘outlier’.
Will do whatever it takes to maintain the family's vested interests.
💡Tips: Emphasizing Lilith's sense of being a ‘mechanized aristocrat’ fits in well with the dystopian sentiment.
Her philosophical opposition to Isaac is also a major source of conflict.
