The Chosen
A 10-Track Narrative Journey from Captivity to Freedom
The Story Through Music
This isn't just a soundtrack—it's the story of The Chosen told through music. Each track follows Mira Roehart's harrowing journey from a free-spirited young woman in a coastal town to a survivor fleeing supernatural forces and psychological destruction.
When charismatic religious leader Lucien Altheris arrives in Rivenglade promising salvation through absolute faith, the town eagerly surrenders to his Light. But Mira sees through the divine facade to the predator beneath. What follows is a descent into coercive control, forced marriage, and systematic destruction—until an ancient power awakens within her, offering one final chance: run or die.
Musical Landscape: Blending Celtic fiddle, tribal drums, Nordic orchestral elements, and haunting vocal lamentations, the soundtrack creates an immersive sonic world where the ancient and modern collide.
This album addresses themes of religious abuse, coercive control, and trauma. Listener discretion advised.
The Complete Journey
From seductive opening hymns to explosive freedom, each track captures a distinct emotional stage of trauma and survival.
The Light That Swallowed the Silence
Chapter 1: The Light That Swallowed the Silence
Five years after the Silence devastated the realm, refugees flood into the coastal town of Rivenglade. Then Lucien Altheris arrives—a fallen star in white robes with impossibly blue eyes. He preaches absolute truth: Zenith is the one true god, and all others are demonic lies. The Wild Gods—the ancient spirits woven into Rivenglade's forests and seas—are suddenly condemned as evil. While all of Rivenglade kneels before this new Light, Mira stands at the edge of the pier, caught between the blazing certainty of Zenith's followers and the wild, untamed truth pulsing in her blood.
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Mother, Mother
Chapters 2-3: Mother, Mother
At a mandatory Zenithian sermon, Mira struggles under the faith's suffocating expectations. Desperate for answers about her absent mother, Mira confronts her father Elias. His cryptic response devastates her: "She's not like us, Mira. She walks a different path—a path we can never follow." Her violet eyes mark her as eternally separate. Seeking solace at a hidden waterfall with her best friend Kat, their philosophical debate reveals Kat's complete transformation. Under mounting pressure, Mira reluctantly agrees to speak with Lucien—a compliance that feels like a lie that may destroy her authentic self.
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Too Much Light Will Make You Blind
Chapters 4-5: Too Much Light Will Make You Blind
Mira reluctantly meets with Lucien to discuss her doubts, but finds herself trapped in masterful psychological manipulation. Unable to sleep, she is drawn into the forest at midnight where she discovers a mysterious stone and receives a supernatural warning: a Nimwe appears, matching Mira's violet eyes, warning that "too much light will make you blind." Despite this divine intervention, Mira's crushing loneliness drives her toward a decision she knows is wrong—she chooses to undergo the Baptism ritual, trading her wild truth for the illusion of belonging.
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Light and Shadow
Chapters 6-7: Light and Shadow
Mira's resistance shatters when her father converts after meeting with Lucien. At the sermon, Lucien announces missionary expansion and isolation doctrine—non-believers are now "dangerous contamination." Trapped between total isolation and spiritual surrender, Mira capitulates. Walking through Rivenglade's unnatural transformation, she meets Lucien. His possessive touch and claim he "always knew" she'd convert reveals something inhuman beneath his divine facade. This duet captures their ideological battle—the subtext of opposing worldviews as Mira walks toward baptism, knowing she's betraying herself.
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Something Ancient Rises
Chapter 8: Baptism
The baptism ceremony reveals Zenithian conversion's true nature. As Lucien channels blinding white light into Mira, she experiences violent intrusion—not salvation but annihilation designed to erase personality and rewrite consciousness. However, something ancient in her blood creates an impenetrable barrier that completely repels Zenith's power. For the first time ever, Lucien's ritual fails. He maintains the facade of success to preserve his authority, but both now know the truth: Mira is immune to the supernatural mind control that has successfully converted everyone else.
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Forsaken
Chapters 9-10: Forsaken
"Forsaking"—a fate worse than death where the condemned becomes socially dead, invisible to all despite still existing. Lucien uses a man who encountered Nimwe in the forest as example, establishing a surveillance state where family must report each other. The brutal reality unfolds as Lucien brands the man with supernatural white light, marking him with eternal exile. His wife shields their children and completely rejects him. The crowd's contempt escalates to mob violence while Lucien watches impassively before warning Mira: "Such is the fate of those who listen to the Nimwe."
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Still Water
Chapters 11-13: Still Water
Summoned to Lucien's quarters, Mira discovers he found the Nimwe feather. When she attempts denial, Lucien threatens to plant the feather in Kat's home, resulting in her immediate Forsaking and certain death. His ultimatum: marry him to prove devotion to Zenith's Light, or watch Kat die for a crime she didn't commit. At the pier, even nature is corrupted—the ocean lies unnaturally still. The forced wedding unfolds as public spectacle while masking private battle. Lucien's vows reveal explicit ownership: "from this day forward, you are mine."
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Holy Ghost
Chapters 14-18: Holy Ghost
Entering Lucien's sterile home, Mira finds no trace of her belongings. Her father and Kat are sent on dangerous missions, leaving her completely isolated. The marriage is consummated against her will as she experiences severe dissociation and psychological fragmentation. Trapped in ongoing violations, she exists in dissociative trauma where time becomes meaningless. Lucien forces her return to public life where she must perform as the devoted wife while internally dissolving, employing calculated false tenderness that weaponizes her body's reactions to create devastating shame and confusion.
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Run From the Light
Chapter 20: Whispers in the Woods
At the hidden waterfall where she plans to end her life, Mira raises Lucien's stolen dagger to her chest. Her desperate plea—"Please… give me a reason to live"—triggers supernatural intervention. A Nimwe emerges from the mist, touching her forehead and triggering a violent magical awakening. Power erupts from within as violet light explodes from her body. Something vast and long-buried rises to the surface. The dagger falls forgotten as she realizes: she doesn't have to die to escape. She can run.
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Into the Unknown Wild
Chapters 21-22: Into the Unknown Wild
Mira returns to gather survival supplies, but Lucien arrives unexpectedly, sensing something fundamentally different about her magical awakening. During a Zenithian service, Forsaken rebels bomb the Hall. In the chaos, Mira attempts escape but Lucien confronts her, triggering violent manifestation of her void magic—black tendrils that burn his flesh. His shocked revelation—"She's Nimwe"—suggests she may be a supernatural being who believed herself human. Fleeing into the forest, she encounters a terrifying Beastborn and a mysterious woman rescuer. Mira chooses to trust this stranger, vanishing into the unknown.
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For Survivors, For Fighters
For anyone who ever chose the terrifying unknown over the comfortable cage. This soundtrack stands alone as a powerful narrative experience while serving as the perfect companion to the novel. Each song tells chapters of the story, offering both emotional catharsis and unflinching honesty about trauma, control, and the moment you choose to survive.