"Therefore did the last god of men scribe in His own heart's blood the Sigil of Sigils, compelling the dread and abnormal Gods of the Outer Spheres to act in the stead of the gods They had obliterated. And therefore do They mask their eldritch visages in human likeness, and preserve the world in exchange for the worship -- and souls -- of the human kynes..." On the night following the strange, silent rites to placate the slumbering Daemon-Sultan Azathoth, former templar Gaennt of the Blood Graey is accosted in his chambers by old and powerful adversaries. Dragged in chains before one of the Greatlords of Mourningcrown City, Gaennt finds himself compelled to seek out the perpetrators of a hideous blasphemy -- a crime that sprawls from the city’s most desperate slums to the gold-topped towers of Mourningcrown Castle. But Gaennt is no stranger to the religious intrigues and theological duplicity of the Lornlands, and he knows that the key to stopping the monstrous aberration called forth upon that night is unlocking the mysteries of exactly what was wrought... Upon the Feast of Azathoth PLEASE NOTE: This story contains mature themes, as well as elements of same-sex (primarily gay male or bisexual) relationships and polyamory. While neither explicit nor the driving focus of the story, these elements will impact character identities, actions, and interactions.