Pandora — Hearts

But Velis had grown arrogant. “We don’t need hope,” the Council of Regulators declared. “We have order.”

In the city of Velis, there was a law older than any king: Never ask what is inside the Pandora Vault. Pandora Hearts

The Keeper was a young man named Renn. He was chosen because he had no curiosity—or so everyone thought. Renn followed the rules perfectly. He never looked inside. He never wondered. But Velis had grown arrogant

The vault sat in the center of the city, a seamless obsidian cube covered in faint silver chains. For centuries, no one touched it. Children were taught that the first Pandora—a curious girl named Lyra—had opened the original box and unleashed sorrow, sickness, and lies into the world. Only one thing remained inside afterward: hope . The Keeper was a young man named Renn