Creepiest in-game diary/scene that you've seen/read.
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In CoD:WaW, the fourth nazi Zombie map Der Reise has 6 radios. All of them, when listened to in order, are very creepy, showing how the doctor performed his experiments that led to his own demise, as well as the demise of his daughter, not to mention it ending with a creepy evil laugh.
Diary: A lot from The Chzo Mythos creeps me the hell out when reading them, but the diary of the senior Defoe in 5DAS takes the cake.
Scene: probably the Mannequins from Condemned 2. Couldnt play the game for 2 days after that.
Scene: probably the Mannequins from Condemned 2. Couldnt play the game for 2 days after that.
I actually read through that whole thing several times and even copied it down on an online journal. Verbatim. Even the parts with several repeated words. After a while I could actually understand the thoughts and feelings of the traitor... So yeah, that's definitely the creepiest.Squid94 said:
It's all right, mother. It's almost over. I'm close. So very close. How long have we struggled? How long have we waited? Too long, I know. But it's almost over. I promise.
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mommy mommy as you lie the dark man comes and makes you die my daddy's hands are red with guilt because he killed the life we built
I hate it! All this lying, all this pretending! Sithis and the Five Tenets be damned! How long do I have to live by their rules? How long before I get my chance? I saw Lucien Lachance yesterday. He was in the Sanctuary talking with Ocheeva. He was right there! So close I could have severed his spine in less than a heartbeat! Oh Mother, never before have I had to exercise such self-control. What's sickeningly ironic is that it was the Dark Brotherhood's discipline that allowed me to restrain myself. I've been a part of their "family" for so long it's a part of me, whether I like it or not. And in all that time I've fooled them all. They see me as a fellow member of the Brother, a trusted family member. Some day soon I will learn the truth about the Night Mother, and when I do, I will use that trust to get close to her. Close enough so that I may rend the head from her body, just as Lucien Lachance did to you so long ago!
Damn it, mother! Why did it have to be this way? Maria was so beautiful. She was perfect in so many ways. Why couldn't she realize her "family" didn't really love her? She was a murderer like the rest of us. Paid to kill in the name of Sithis. I really thought we could be together. Make a real family, with real love. But she told me she could never accept your place in my life. So now she's gone. She didn't deserve to live after the horrible things she said about you. I never should have told her, I know. I'm so sorry. It will never happen again, and the others will never find her, don't worry. There's nothing left of her to find.
IliketolieinthegrassandwatchtheantsandwishIwereoneofthemintheirundergroundmazesosafefromthedarknessofpeoplehorriblepeopleIwillkillthemallkilltheantskillthepeoplekilleverything
I did it, mother! I killed them all! I killed them and I cursed them to wander their ship in undeath for all eternity! They came to talk to the old man in the lighthouse. When they saw me, they could have kept walking. But no. They laughed! They laughed at me, mother! They called me names! They said I was strange, that I was a human rat, living here in the cellar of the lighthouse. They did not know who they were dealing with! So I snuck on board, later that night, and I slit their throats. Every last one of them. So there the Serpent's Wake sits. The ghost ship of Anvil they'll call it now! Ha ha ha ha ha!
Some wonderful news, mother! Advancement at last! Lucien Lachance paid a visit to the Sanctuary today, to talk with me! He told me the Black Hand needed my services. One of the Speakers is looking to replace his assistant, who was killed fulfilling a contract. So Lucien Lachance suggested me! I met with the Speaker, and will serve as his new "Silencer." Ha! Lachance might as well have given me a contract to kill the Night Mother herself! I am now one step closer to realizing our dream. I will learn the Night Mother's identity and tear the heart from her chest. Oh yes, and I have something special planned for Lachance himself...
mommy I so afrade. i mis yu mommy. i just wantyu to kis me agenn
father prayed and guess who came the hooded man in Sithis' name who left but then he came once more to pass through window wall and door I lie in fear my mouth agape as wicked blade did cleave your nape for I was watching 'neath the bed to see the falling of your head and when your face lie on the floor our loving eyes did meet once more and so I pledged to you that day the Brotherhood would dearly pay and just as they took me from you I'd find and kill their mother too but there's someplace I need to start and that's with father's beating heart and when that's done I'll sing and dance to celebrate a dead LaChance
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I've been careless! Too careless. The bodies, the burnings. Killing that fool Blanchard was the worst mistake I've made so far. I was seen! I was cloaked and hooded, and escaped into shadow, so no one learned my true identity. But now the Black Hand is suspicious. They suspect treachery, suspect a traitor! I must be more cautious than ever.
when in the snow I like to lie and fold my arms and wait to die
I've been switching them! Switching the dead drops! It was so easy! I tracked Lachance from his lair at Fort Farragut to the first dead drop location. After Lachance placed the orders, when I was sure he was gone, I switched them! It was so easy. Now Lachance's fool Silencer is working for us, mother! Oh, the fun we'll have. One of the Black Hand told me they haven't seen such and ambitious family member since I first joined the Dark Brotherhood. I will use that very ambition to my own advantage. The fool will never question the dead drops, and as I write this is en route to the first target-- one of the very members of the Black Hand! And so it begins. Lachance's silencer will kill one high ranking Brother member, then another, then another, and so on, until the entire family implodes. Eventually, as is the custom, the survivors will consult the Night Mother and seek her guidance. When that day comes, I will be there, ready to plunge a blade into that dark whore's fetid heart!
Lucien Lachance will die!
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mommy mommy as you lie the dark man comes and makes you die my daddy's hands are red with guilt because he killed the life we built
I hate it! All this lying, all this pretending! Sithis and the Five Tenets be damned! How long do I have to live by their rules? How long before I get my chance? I saw Lucien Lachance yesterday. He was in the Sanctuary talking with Ocheeva. He was right there! So close I could have severed his spine in less than a heartbeat! Oh Mother, never before have I had to exercise such self-control. What's sickeningly ironic is that it was the Dark Brotherhood's discipline that allowed me to restrain myself. I've been a part of their "family" for so long it's a part of me, whether I like it or not. And in all that time I've fooled them all. They see me as a fellow member of the Brother, a trusted family member. Some day soon I will learn the truth about the Night Mother, and when I do, I will use that trust to get close to her. Close enough so that I may rend the head from her body, just as Lucien Lachance did to you so long ago!
Damn it, mother! Why did it have to be this way? Maria was so beautiful. She was perfect in so many ways. Why couldn't she realize her "family" didn't really love her? She was a murderer like the rest of us. Paid to kill in the name of Sithis. I really thought we could be together. Make a real family, with real love. But she told me she could never accept your place in my life. So now she's gone. She didn't deserve to live after the horrible things she said about you. I never should have told her, I know. I'm so sorry. It will never happen again, and the others will never find her, don't worry. There's nothing left of her to find.
IliketolieinthegrassandwatchtheantsandwishIwereoneofthemintheirundergroundmazesosafefromthedarknessofpeoplehorriblepeopleIwillkillthemallkilltheantskillthepeoplekilleverything
I did it, mother! I killed them all! I killed them and I cursed them to wander their ship in undeath for all eternity! They came to talk to the old man in the lighthouse. When they saw me, they could have kept walking. But no. They laughed! They laughed at me, mother! They called me names! They said I was strange, that I was a human rat, living here in the cellar of the lighthouse. They did not know who they were dealing with! So I snuck on board, later that night, and I slit their throats. Every last one of them. So there the Serpent's Wake sits. The ghost ship of Anvil they'll call it now! Ha ha ha ha ha!
Some wonderful news, mother! Advancement at last! Lucien Lachance paid a visit to the Sanctuary today, to talk with me! He told me the Black Hand needed my services. One of the Speakers is looking to replace his assistant, who was killed fulfilling a contract. So Lucien Lachance suggested me! I met with the Speaker, and will serve as his new "Silencer." Ha! Lachance might as well have given me a contract to kill the Night Mother herself! I am now one step closer to realizing our dream. I will learn the Night Mother's identity and tear the heart from her chest. Oh yes, and I have something special planned for Lachance himself...
mommy I so afrade. i mis yu mommy. i just wantyu to kis me agenn
father prayed and guess who came the hooded man in Sithis' name who left but then he came once more to pass through window wall and door I lie in fear my mouth agape as wicked blade did cleave your nape for I was watching 'neath the bed to see the falling of your head and when your face lie on the floor our loving eyes did meet once more and so I pledged to you that day the Brotherhood would dearly pay and just as they took me from you I'd find and kill their mother too but there's someplace I need to start and that's with father's beating heart and when that's done I'll sing and dance to celebrate a dead LaChance
greenblueREDyelloworangegreenblueREDyelloworangegreenblueREDyelloworangegreenblueREDyelloworangegreenblueREDyelloworangegreenblueREDyelloworangegreenblueREDyelloworangeBLACKBLACKBLACKBLACKBLACK!!!!!!
I've been careless! Too careless. The bodies, the burnings. Killing that fool Blanchard was the worst mistake I've made so far. I was seen! I was cloaked and hooded, and escaped into shadow, so no one learned my true identity. But now the Black Hand is suspicious. They suspect treachery, suspect a traitor! I must be more cautious than ever.
when in the snow I like to lie and fold my arms and wait to die
I've been switching them! Switching the dead drops! It was so easy! I tracked Lachance from his lair at Fort Farragut to the first dead drop location. After Lachance placed the orders, when I was sure he was gone, I switched them! It was so easy. Now Lachance's fool Silencer is working for us, mother! Oh, the fun we'll have. One of the Black Hand told me they haven't seen such and ambitious family member since I first joined the Dark Brotherhood. I will use that very ambition to my own advantage. The fool will never question the dead drops, and as I write this is en route to the first target-- one of the very members of the Black Hand! And so it begins. Lachance's silencer will kill one high ranking Brother member, then another, then another, and so on, until the entire family implodes. Eventually, as is the custom, the survivors will consult the Night Mother and seek her guidance. When that day comes, I will be there, ready to plunge a blade into that dark whore's fetid heart!
Lucien Lachance will die!
Some of the recordings in Bioshock did it for me. Sander Cohen's "The White Rabbit" is pretty disturbing ("I WANT TO TAKE THE EARS OFF! TAKE THEM OFF!"). But I think the one that sticks out in my mind is the one you find in Dr. Steinman's lab after you kill him.
"The nose looks wonderful, doctor."
"Yes...hm."
"What is it, Doctor Steinman?"
"Well, I...never noticed how much her face...sags. Scalpel?"
"What?"
"Scalpel."
"Doctor, she's not scheduled for a facelift-"
"Let's see here..." *cheerful whistling*
"Doctor...Doctor, stop cutting. Stop cutting."
*more cheerful whistling*
"Doctor Steinman-! Get security! Someone get security!"
"The nose looks wonderful, doctor."
"Yes...hm."
"What is it, Doctor Steinman?"
"Well, I...never noticed how much her face...sags. Scalpel?"
"What?"
"Scalpel."
"Doctor, she's not scheduled for a facelift-"
"Let's see here..." *cheerful whistling*
"Doctor...Doctor, stop cutting. Stop cutting."
*more cheerful whistling*
"Doctor Steinman-! Get security! Someone get security!"
Well, at least I don't have to load up Oblivion to see it again. The traitor is psycho.EcoEclipse said:
What really creeped me out was the holotape from the Point Lookout DLC.ArcWinter said:
It pretty much extended the Dunwich Building storyline. The story is that in Point Lookout, a woman who is a missionary wants you to track down an evil book that is related to the monolith in Dunwich called the Krivbeknih and bring it to her. On the other hand, an old man living in an abandoned mansion wants you to bring it to him because it's a family heirloom. Once you get your hands on it, if you return to the missionary, you'll find her dead and a holotape recording her last words to you personally. It was more emotional than creepy, but really it was plain obvious that she was in a lot of pain when it was recorded. And that really made me uncomfortable.
EcoEclipse said:True, but I have absolutely no idea how to do that.Toxxistorm said:EcoEclipse said:
Ahh except the ending is !eid lliw ecnahcaL neicuL
Yea.
I read it a lot too
It took me like, a half an hour to figure out those 4 words spelled backwards, felt preeettty stupid.
Has anyone else here played Yahtzee's own Chzo Mythos series? In the third game, you find notes after each flashback sequence, in reverse order. In the end credits these are read together and form the Book Of Victims, from the eponymous Books Of Chzo. In the special edition of the game, available for free from Yahtzee's own website, you also get the first part of the Books Of Chzo, so basically the entire book up until the end of the Book Of Victims (stop me if this doesn't make any sense ;D). Reading those passages is really creepy, especially when you consider the events of the first game, and the significance of Jack Frehorn in the overarching plot of the series...
Anyway, here's the entire text from the Books Of Chzo for anyone interested. Warning though, spoilers are present for anyone who hasn't played the entire series:
Anyway, here's the entire text from the Books Of Chzo for anyone interested. Warning though, spoilers are present for anyone who hasn't played the entire series:
[The following pages are samples from the religious texts of the Order of Blessed Agonies, as retrieved from the mission to Clanbronwyn Island. While the ?Book of Victims? was acquired piecemeal by Agent Trilby directly from the individual calling himself ?Lenkmann?, the rest was recovered from a cache of Lenkmann?s personal possessions found in his room.]
THE BOOKS OF CHZO
THE BOOK OF THE PRINCE
Chapter 1
It appeared that there were two great lands separated by a sea of ultimate darkness, in which two aspects of the race of Man existed. The first of these lands was the land of Technology, where Man was free to live in Sin and without direction, building himself luxuries of the greatest decadence.
The second of these two lands was the land of Magick, where Man was humble and constructive, and where there were many righteous kingdoms of Man and Demon, but the greatest kingdom of all was that in which resided the King, and the King was named Chzo, and all who knew him sang of his glory and of his greatness.
And Chzo declared to the Men and Demons of the land of Magick,?Of this I ask you. I will let you exist without my interference. But in return you shall set aside one day of the year, to sing loud my name and bring me gifts for which I will be rightly pleased.?
?And that day shall be the eight-and-twentieth day of the seventh month of every year, for this is the day when I am allowed a glimpse of the land of Technology, where the wilfulness of Men makes me much displeased.?
Then for ten score years this was so, the King allowed the races of Man and Demon to exist as they saw fit, and on the eight-and-twentieth day of every seventh month the King?s heart was hardened by what he saw in the land of Technology, and the subjects of the land of Magick would be quick to gladden him with offerings.
Chapter 2
At this time there came a man from the land of Technology, and though his wisdom was great and his power advanced, he had the wilfulness of his fellows, and so he was the Arrogant Man.
And on the eight-and-twentieth day of the seventh month of the year that would come to be known as the Year of the Arrogant Man, the King was allowed his yearly vision of the land of Technology, and he saw the Arrogant Man in turn gazing upon him, saying
?O King, I beseech you, for this land has become corrupt without your benevolent hand, and darkness seeks to envelope us all. I demand of you to cross the border between our lands and make things right, for my power is great, and I have it in my power to control one even as great as you.?
And the King was rightly amused, for while the Arrogant Man?s power was indeed great, the King?s power was greater still, and the King said
?I will not submit myself, for my power is greater than yours, and not yours to command. Secondly, while my power is vast and my capabilities many, it is impossible for me to enter the land of Technology, for the border is a dark and treacherous ocean I cannot simply will away.
?But I will do this for you, O Arrogant Man. For all the bigness of your head, you are still small enough to be spared the rigours of the dark ocean, and I shall rescue you from the darkness in the land of Technology, and you shall live in my household, and here you will learn humility.?
And as the King said it, so was it so, and the Arrogant Man did cross the ocean between the lands and commence servitude in the house of the King, and the King brought him before his majesty and he said
?Now you must repay me for the slight your arrogance caused me, for despite your insult I love you as I love every Man and beast, and you must learn to take this love into your heart.?
And the King took the Body and Mind of the Arrogant Man and separated them from his Soul, and this he placed in a great Tree in the land of Technology, and with this action he announced,
?Now you are the Tree, and the Tree is you, and the wood is your Soul. With this gift of separation your body shall not wither or die throughout your lessons. But should any Man in the land of Technology interfere with the Tree that is your Soul on the day that is mine, I shall lend to you the power to confront them, and strike them down with fitting vengeance.?
And then he touched the Arrogant Man and filled his heart with his warming love, and the Arrogant Man became the Prince, and he knew the name of the King.
And the Prince and the court of the King bowed down and wept and sang with great praise the name of the King, for great and generous was his wisdom.
Chapter 3
And so the Prince who had been the Arrogant Man began his servitude to the King, and the King taught him the nature of Life, and of the true Purification.
?For every Man and Beast and every form of Life, there are three Aspects. These three are the Body, the Mind and the Soul, and nothing shall be called Life if it lacks even one of these three.
?But through ill deeds and unpious living, the Aspects become tarnished, and with this tarnish my name shall never be known, and the trinity will be cast forever into the dark ocean between our lands.
?Only through Purification of the Aspects with Blessed Agony will a tarnished being again know my name.
?The Soul must always be Purified first. Only those who have suffered the greatest loss of what is nearest to their hearts will know the Blessed Agony of the Soul.
?The Body comes second. Only those who have their flesh teased and torn with blade and fire will know the Blessed Agony of the Body.
?The Mind will always receive its Purification last. The Mind is unique in that, while the Body and Soul have only one Blessed Agony, the Mind has three, which must all be experienced to fully Purify the Mind. These three are Tedium, Fear, and Madness.
?Only when the the three Aspects are ritually Purified with each of the Blessed Agonies will any Life truly be beloved in my sight.?
Chapter 4
A great many years took place after the Year of the Arrogant Man, and the Prince who had been the Arrogant Man remained in the court of the King and learned many lessons for which he was grateful.
Then came the time when the Men of the land of Technology discovered the great Tree that was the Prince?s soul, and the Men said
?What is this Tree that blights our land of constructed things? We will not allow such majesty that was not built by us.?
And they tore down the Tree, and broke it into pieces, and used the wood that was the Soul of the Prince to make their houses and their trinkets, and the Prince was rightly saddened, and he felt the blade of every saw that brutalised the wood that was his Soul as if it brutalised his very flesh, and the Prince said
?By the hands of the wilful Men of Technology I have suffered, and thus I vow shall the Men of Technology suffer at the hands of I.?
And the King said unto the Prince, ?As you have willed it, so shall I arrange it, and so when the eight-and-twentieth day of the seventh month occurs, I shall permit you to return to the land of Technology and bring down your judgement upon the Men who have wronged you.?
And as the King said it, so was it so.
THE BOOK OF VICTIMS
The Embarkation
And so, when the eight-and-twentieth day of every seventh month occurred, the Prince would cross the dark ocean, and he would listen for the cries of the wood that was his Soul being abused at the hands of Man, and he would go there, for his Soul still called to him even across great distances.
And wherever he found Man breaking or cutting or hurting the wood that was his Soul to be made into their constructions, he would strike down with great vengeance upon those who wronged him, and they would know the name of the King.
Victim 1: The Woodcutter
The first of those against whom the Prince sought vengeance was the Woodcutter, he who had held the axe that first felled the Tree. The Prince came to him and his son, and he struck the Woodcutter down, and the Woodcutter knew the name of the King.
And the Prince turned to the Woodcutter?s son, and he said ?You I shall let live, for you are young and are of the innocent, and that you may go among your people and tell them of what I will wrought.?
And the Woodcutter?s son fled, and told all of what he had seen, but the Men of Technology are arrogant and his words were unheeded.
Victim 2: The Innkeeper
The second Man who desired judgment was the Innkeeper, who had bought the wood of the Tree and built from it his house. The Prince came to him and his guest, and he struck the Innkeeper down, and the Innkeeper knew the name of the King.
And the Prince turned to the Innkeeper?s guest, and he said ?You I shall not let live, for once before have I made this warning, and still my Soul aches with what is done to the wood that is my Soul, and I will spare no Man who injures me in this way.?
And the Innkeeper?s guest knew the name of the King.
Victim 3: Frehorn
The third Man who desired judgment was Frehorn, who had bought from those who made luxuries with the wood that was the Prince?s Soul, and against whom the Prince brought down the pain of the Soul. The Prince came and struck down the lover of Frehorn, and Frehorn knew the name of the King.
And Frehorn said, ?I know you now, O Prince who was the Arrogant Man, and I anticipate your wish, and I will devote myself to spreading the teachings you have brought me and the love of our King.?
And the Prince was satisfied, and Frehorn called all those who would listen and they formed an Order of Blessed Agonies that would work to redeem the follies of the Men of Technology.
Victim 4: The Slave
The fourth Man who desired judgment was the Slave, who had not been brought Frehorn?s message, and who cruelly tormented the wood that was the Prince?s Soul with a sharpened blade. The Prince came to him and he struck the Slave down, and the Slave knew the name of the King.
And the Prince said, ?Not one of your household shall I leave alive, Slave, for thrice now have I brought my warning, and any who still fail to heed shall be named as Fool and judged most unworthy in our sight.?
Victim 5: The Child
The fifth Man who desired judgment was the Child, whose father held in his possession the carving of the Slave. The Prince came to him and was at once rightly pleased with what he found, for the house of the Child and his father already knew well the name of the King.
And as the Prince watched, the Child was thrown down by his father and broken with the wood of the Prince?s Soul, but as the Child?s Body, Mind and Soul began to drift apart, the Prince held them together, and he said
?You are the Child, and to you I grant power, for I see in you the potential that will grant my father, the King, his greatest wish. You shall be not of the land of Technology, nor of the realm of Magick, but of both, and thus you shall form the Bridge.
?And across the Bridge the King shall come to bring his message to the Men of Technology. Through you, Child, the Bridge will come, and thus I name you the Bridgekeeper.?
And the Prince touched the Child, and he was the Bridgekeeper, and his three aspects were granted power, so that his Soul would join with the Prince?s Soul in the wood of the Tree.
And the Bridgekeeper rose up and threw down his father and threw down his brother, and truly did they know the name of the King. And into the house of his father went the Body and the Mind of the Bridgekeeper.
And the Prince said ?Now I grant you one-third of the power that is mine so that, whatever is to come, your Body shall dwell forever in this house, and your Mind shall forever be this house, and so shall this house be your Mind. All is in readiness now for the Bridge.?
And the Prince sang songs of praise in worship of the King, and the love that the Men of Technology would know when the King came across the Bridge.
THE BOOK OF THE BRIDGE
Chapter 1
After ten score years, all was in readiness for the construction of the Bridge, and the Prince watched as the Bridgekeeper stood on both sides of the dark ocean, awaiting
[This is all we have of the Book of the Bridge; just the cover and the first paragraph was readable. The rest had been burnt in a tin waste paper basket. Whether this was done accidentally or deliberately, and whether it was done by Lenkmann or other parties, remains an unanswered question. It?s somewhat inconvenient as I am very interested in reading the full text of this prophecy he spoke of. I shall continue my research into the matter.
-Trilby]
THE BOOKS OF CHZO
THE BOOK OF THE PRINCE
Chapter 1
It appeared that there were two great lands separated by a sea of ultimate darkness, in which two aspects of the race of Man existed. The first of these lands was the land of Technology, where Man was free to live in Sin and without direction, building himself luxuries of the greatest decadence.
The second of these two lands was the land of Magick, where Man was humble and constructive, and where there were many righteous kingdoms of Man and Demon, but the greatest kingdom of all was that in which resided the King, and the King was named Chzo, and all who knew him sang of his glory and of his greatness.
And Chzo declared to the Men and Demons of the land of Magick,?Of this I ask you. I will let you exist without my interference. But in return you shall set aside one day of the year, to sing loud my name and bring me gifts for which I will be rightly pleased.?
?And that day shall be the eight-and-twentieth day of the seventh month of every year, for this is the day when I am allowed a glimpse of the land of Technology, where the wilfulness of Men makes me much displeased.?
Then for ten score years this was so, the King allowed the races of Man and Demon to exist as they saw fit, and on the eight-and-twentieth day of every seventh month the King?s heart was hardened by what he saw in the land of Technology, and the subjects of the land of Magick would be quick to gladden him with offerings.
Chapter 2
At this time there came a man from the land of Technology, and though his wisdom was great and his power advanced, he had the wilfulness of his fellows, and so he was the Arrogant Man.
And on the eight-and-twentieth day of the seventh month of the year that would come to be known as the Year of the Arrogant Man, the King was allowed his yearly vision of the land of Technology, and he saw the Arrogant Man in turn gazing upon him, saying
?O King, I beseech you, for this land has become corrupt without your benevolent hand, and darkness seeks to envelope us all. I demand of you to cross the border between our lands and make things right, for my power is great, and I have it in my power to control one even as great as you.?
And the King was rightly amused, for while the Arrogant Man?s power was indeed great, the King?s power was greater still, and the King said
?I will not submit myself, for my power is greater than yours, and not yours to command. Secondly, while my power is vast and my capabilities many, it is impossible for me to enter the land of Technology, for the border is a dark and treacherous ocean I cannot simply will away.
?But I will do this for you, O Arrogant Man. For all the bigness of your head, you are still small enough to be spared the rigours of the dark ocean, and I shall rescue you from the darkness in the land of Technology, and you shall live in my household, and here you will learn humility.?
And as the King said it, so was it so, and the Arrogant Man did cross the ocean between the lands and commence servitude in the house of the King, and the King brought him before his majesty and he said
?Now you must repay me for the slight your arrogance caused me, for despite your insult I love you as I love every Man and beast, and you must learn to take this love into your heart.?
And the King took the Body and Mind of the Arrogant Man and separated them from his Soul, and this he placed in a great Tree in the land of Technology, and with this action he announced,
?Now you are the Tree, and the Tree is you, and the wood is your Soul. With this gift of separation your body shall not wither or die throughout your lessons. But should any Man in the land of Technology interfere with the Tree that is your Soul on the day that is mine, I shall lend to you the power to confront them, and strike them down with fitting vengeance.?
And then he touched the Arrogant Man and filled his heart with his warming love, and the Arrogant Man became the Prince, and he knew the name of the King.
And the Prince and the court of the King bowed down and wept and sang with great praise the name of the King, for great and generous was his wisdom.
Chapter 3
And so the Prince who had been the Arrogant Man began his servitude to the King, and the King taught him the nature of Life, and of the true Purification.
?For every Man and Beast and every form of Life, there are three Aspects. These three are the Body, the Mind and the Soul, and nothing shall be called Life if it lacks even one of these three.
?But through ill deeds and unpious living, the Aspects become tarnished, and with this tarnish my name shall never be known, and the trinity will be cast forever into the dark ocean between our lands.
?Only through Purification of the Aspects with Blessed Agony will a tarnished being again know my name.
?The Soul must always be Purified first. Only those who have suffered the greatest loss of what is nearest to their hearts will know the Blessed Agony of the Soul.
?The Body comes second. Only those who have their flesh teased and torn with blade and fire will know the Blessed Agony of the Body.
?The Mind will always receive its Purification last. The Mind is unique in that, while the Body and Soul have only one Blessed Agony, the Mind has three, which must all be experienced to fully Purify the Mind. These three are Tedium, Fear, and Madness.
?Only when the the three Aspects are ritually Purified with each of the Blessed Agonies will any Life truly be beloved in my sight.?
Chapter 4
A great many years took place after the Year of the Arrogant Man, and the Prince who had been the Arrogant Man remained in the court of the King and learned many lessons for which he was grateful.
Then came the time when the Men of the land of Technology discovered the great Tree that was the Prince?s soul, and the Men said
?What is this Tree that blights our land of constructed things? We will not allow such majesty that was not built by us.?
And they tore down the Tree, and broke it into pieces, and used the wood that was the Soul of the Prince to make their houses and their trinkets, and the Prince was rightly saddened, and he felt the blade of every saw that brutalised the wood that was his Soul as if it brutalised his very flesh, and the Prince said
?By the hands of the wilful Men of Technology I have suffered, and thus I vow shall the Men of Technology suffer at the hands of I.?
And the King said unto the Prince, ?As you have willed it, so shall I arrange it, and so when the eight-and-twentieth day of the seventh month occurs, I shall permit you to return to the land of Technology and bring down your judgement upon the Men who have wronged you.?
And as the King said it, so was it so.
THE BOOK OF VICTIMS
The Embarkation
And so, when the eight-and-twentieth day of every seventh month occurred, the Prince would cross the dark ocean, and he would listen for the cries of the wood that was his Soul being abused at the hands of Man, and he would go there, for his Soul still called to him even across great distances.
And wherever he found Man breaking or cutting or hurting the wood that was his Soul to be made into their constructions, he would strike down with great vengeance upon those who wronged him, and they would know the name of the King.
Victim 1: The Woodcutter
The first of those against whom the Prince sought vengeance was the Woodcutter, he who had held the axe that first felled the Tree. The Prince came to him and his son, and he struck the Woodcutter down, and the Woodcutter knew the name of the King.
And the Prince turned to the Woodcutter?s son, and he said ?You I shall let live, for you are young and are of the innocent, and that you may go among your people and tell them of what I will wrought.?
And the Woodcutter?s son fled, and told all of what he had seen, but the Men of Technology are arrogant and his words were unheeded.
Victim 2: The Innkeeper
The second Man who desired judgment was the Innkeeper, who had bought the wood of the Tree and built from it his house. The Prince came to him and his guest, and he struck the Innkeeper down, and the Innkeeper knew the name of the King.
And the Prince turned to the Innkeeper?s guest, and he said ?You I shall not let live, for once before have I made this warning, and still my Soul aches with what is done to the wood that is my Soul, and I will spare no Man who injures me in this way.?
And the Innkeeper?s guest knew the name of the King.
Victim 3: Frehorn
The third Man who desired judgment was Frehorn, who had bought from those who made luxuries with the wood that was the Prince?s Soul, and against whom the Prince brought down the pain of the Soul. The Prince came and struck down the lover of Frehorn, and Frehorn knew the name of the King.
And Frehorn said, ?I know you now, O Prince who was the Arrogant Man, and I anticipate your wish, and I will devote myself to spreading the teachings you have brought me and the love of our King.?
And the Prince was satisfied, and Frehorn called all those who would listen and they formed an Order of Blessed Agonies that would work to redeem the follies of the Men of Technology.
Victim 4: The Slave
The fourth Man who desired judgment was the Slave, who had not been brought Frehorn?s message, and who cruelly tormented the wood that was the Prince?s Soul with a sharpened blade. The Prince came to him and he struck the Slave down, and the Slave knew the name of the King.
And the Prince said, ?Not one of your household shall I leave alive, Slave, for thrice now have I brought my warning, and any who still fail to heed shall be named as Fool and judged most unworthy in our sight.?
Victim 5: The Child
The fifth Man who desired judgment was the Child, whose father held in his possession the carving of the Slave. The Prince came to him and was at once rightly pleased with what he found, for the house of the Child and his father already knew well the name of the King.
And as the Prince watched, the Child was thrown down by his father and broken with the wood of the Prince?s Soul, but as the Child?s Body, Mind and Soul began to drift apart, the Prince held them together, and he said
?You are the Child, and to you I grant power, for I see in you the potential that will grant my father, the King, his greatest wish. You shall be not of the land of Technology, nor of the realm of Magick, but of both, and thus you shall form the Bridge.
?And across the Bridge the King shall come to bring his message to the Men of Technology. Through you, Child, the Bridge will come, and thus I name you the Bridgekeeper.?
And the Prince touched the Child, and he was the Bridgekeeper, and his three aspects were granted power, so that his Soul would join with the Prince?s Soul in the wood of the Tree.
And the Bridgekeeper rose up and threw down his father and threw down his brother, and truly did they know the name of the King. And into the house of his father went the Body and the Mind of the Bridgekeeper.
And the Prince said ?Now I grant you one-third of the power that is mine so that, whatever is to come, your Body shall dwell forever in this house, and your Mind shall forever be this house, and so shall this house be your Mind. All is in readiness now for the Bridge.?
And the Prince sang songs of praise in worship of the King, and the love that the Men of Technology would know when the King came across the Bridge.
THE BOOK OF THE BRIDGE
Chapter 1
After ten score years, all was in readiness for the construction of the Bridge, and the Prince watched as the Bridgekeeper stood on both sides of the dark ocean, awaiting
[This is all we have of the Book of the Bridge; just the cover and the first paragraph was readable. The rest had been burnt in a tin waste paper basket. Whether this was done accidentally or deliberately, and whether it was done by Lenkmann or other parties, remains an unanswered question. It?s somewhat inconvenient as I am very interested in reading the full text of this prophecy he spoke of. I shall continue my research into the matter.
-Trilby]
