The Timeless Son

About this Scenario

A woman and a man are bound across centuries by a soul-binding spell cast in 15th-century Castile to ensure survival at any cost. Across lifetimes—from medieval kingdoms, wars, plagues, colonization, and empires, to the Great Depression, world wars, and the modern era—they find each other again and again, loving, ruling, surviving, and losing their children in different ways. Each life ends in sacrifice, until one modern lifetime finally breaks the cycle: they choose peace, forget their past lives, and grow old together as an ordinary couple. After death, they awaken outside time and realize their son, Henry—who survived centuries of erasure and loss—has independently mastered time travel through the same spell. Watching from limbo, they see Henry navigate the modern world, eventually entering politics, wielding influence without cruelty. The parents choose not to interfere, allowing him autonomy and freedom denied to previous generations. The story explores generational trauma, power, memory, love across eras, and the cost of survival—ending with the question of whether breaking cycles requires remembering the past or finally letting it rest.