The Story

[Dread]

Opening

There exists all sort of wishes and feelings inside. There are times when emotions clash with one another. Then there are those who make a bond so powerful understanding comes without the need for words. The world wished for a small wish. A small wish - exchange smiles, gently touch one another. Everyday life where nothing happens. Each day continuing onto the next. Carefree days to remember with a smile. A small wish that each time hearts pass words and wishes portray everything - but there are those who have opposing dreams. These dreams which should have intertwined get tangled up. Feelings are blocked unable to reach the other side. With hearts and hopes melting truth fades.

Tears of lonely sadness fall. But sometimes dreams can not meld as darkness will wish for the destruction of light. A long and cold night quietly raises its curtains. For what reasons do they fight? Could it be they were ones friends? Were they destined to be enemies from the start? Eventually reality overtakes fantasy. Despair overcomes hope. Weak and strong hearts call out to one another. Alone, destiny can not be overcame. And it is here that one must choose to make their stand. To any remember these words - “the magic in my heart, it holds the power to pierce through sadness and fear” In order to attain the light that shines in the heart, in order not to vanish into darkness, to protect the bonds created, open the door to the future.

Story

Dämon Herzen

A cult that is steeped in ancient tradition and seeks to look after the more ancient artifacts of the world, though it holds no interest in the divine. Rather it holds a knowledge of the dark realm and the specific gifts that have come from that place as well. In history men were not only gifted from the pure realms with trinkets and objects but also from the more sinister counterpart. While highly secretive they hold the place in the world of being a respected, if not cultically affiliated, church that does a good job of keeping the world at large from delving too heavily into harnessing their inner powers. With a doctrine that dissuades the use of 'magic' and 'superstition' on the outside it makes no short work of its' education for inner members on all the details of the occult.

That is not dead which can eternal lie.
And with strange aeons even death may die.

They currently posses all known copies of the great book, the Necromicon along with other powerful artifacts. While having a high affiliation with the negative realm their official sign is the branch, the five fingered branch of Elder Sign. All the cultic knowledge in the world can be found within the doors of any monastery that the Dämon Herzen take residence in. With various locations around the world one can always find some small following of theirs no matter where in the world you traverse. Normally these people keep to themselves, steeped in both tradition and pure mystery as they shun the probing eyes of intruders and ward them off through the use of various magic. However, a time has approached where the voiceless sound shall call into the night and a prophecy set into motion by the elder darkness before the time of human shall come into effect. A chosen one, worthy of wielding a violent relic of the past has been in training for the entirety of his life so that he may be ready when the stars align for the release of the elder ones. This awaited mortal shall ascend from his station and become a king over the entities of darkness to break the natural binds on their potential and exalt them above the powers of the pure realm.

Change is coming to the three realms of known existence and the chains of the Old Ones are rattling fiercely in the human world, unseen to them a danger has arisen and lives will soon be on the betting table. The deck of broken deals, an unholy artifact of untold power that was made in the young years of the world from the very writings of the Necromicon has surfaced. Now the world will play a game.