A magical World is floating through space abiding its time. This World is home to a Continent named Litrak. On the northeastern Coast a crater is hidden under a miasmic fog, but the next moment a dark pillar shot right up into the sky. This Pillar broke the stratosphere and was close to scraping the first Moon of the Planet before stopping to grow and receding as fast as it grew.
The dark pillar was a bad omen for not only the people living on the continent. The foreign powers also had noticed the strange happenings and even Gods pulled their eyes to a place they were barred to even notice normally. As the Pillar was vanishing after only one Minute of existence the whole crater quickly was back to being shaded by Miasma, but many noticed this place having some dark secret and maybe even danger or opportunities to fight or grasp.
Many were wary of the strange pillar feeling like a bad omen and started to prepare for any defense against a disaster that would happen next. The Steppe in the West were getting ready for a battle against something foreign they were dreaming of for a long time, the Magic ruled Magistrate of Telk was reevaluating their relations with the hidden inhabitants of the Crater, Illstin the distant Merchant ruled Nation finally started to notice the rather strange happenings of this place and sent a message to all their connections for Information about the Starfall Mountains while Ulk the Kingdom of Humans were preparing for a change of where they would aim their accumulated war preparations if necessary.
Far away on other Continents, many Kingdoms and Nations were pondering about the need of finding out what kind of Insanity was happening on the wasteland of Litrak. The strong magical influx made many powers aware of the Crater and not only was it of high interest but made some ponder the risks against their insatiable greed for Power.
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“Baphomet! Are you alright?!”
Broken down was a three meter tall creature with human body, two Hooves, four arms and a Head of some kind of Animal. His head was adorned with four horns, two of a ram and two of a Goat. Not only do they have five eyes aligned like a circle but two of them were bleeding heavily. The body was naked and was showing the body of both sexes at the same time.
Right now this Creature, Baphometh was hard at breathing and shaking uncontrollably. Over it in caring fashion was Null in his self made Body, Snow in her Rat Beastman form and a human Woman which named herself Esther.
“We are fine. Hah… hah… We saw too deep into the void. We saw it… The brood of chaos. It has a message…”
“Bapho, what are you talking about?”
Snow was worried about her friend, she caringly held onto one of the four arms to hold them steady.
“Lord, the Message is you have to free the God and devour the tainted flesh to become what you always were destined to. This is the last step.”
“Baphomet, what are you…”
A jolt broke through Null’s soul. He remembered the twenty one eyes looking at him and the words ‘good boy’. Pain came like something in him changed in some kind of fashion. He could not describe it but it felt he was changing in ways he never should be. Like something has risen from its slumber, breaking chains and reforming… in a totally wrong way.
“What is… happening!”
“Null! You too?! Esther please watch the dangerous place, I bring them into the vats! Maybe this will help them!”
“Okay, I seal the place to make sure nothing breaks in. Ask Leaf to help out. Maybe she can find some herbal remedies for their ailments.”
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An Ocean made out of black tar, a violet sky and on the sky a black sun. This sun was bleeding directly back into the Ocean like an endless stream of cosmic Blood, the sky inundated with prismatic clouds looking like broken shards. The waves and the howling of the Wind were distorted and sounded more like agonizing cries and war shouts. All in all this place was all kinds of wrong but Null knew where he was the second he saw the sun or better… his own Soul.
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It floated out of the black Ocean of Miasma and Void and now was the sun radiating its power and corruption like a beacon of chaos. At first Null was disturbed but remembered his first time he saw his broken soul just swimming in this corrupted and vile Ocean and calmed down.
‘I am still me, so whatever happens in this place of insanity, as long as I am living I can still work with it.’
Finally, out of the Ocean came some black landmass. It was not much but it was stable against the waves, wind and occasional prismatic lightning.
‘Does that mean my steady will is this Landmass? That is a rather small landmass, I am a bit offended.’
The place is only a small rock in a vast endless ocean but how much Null protested it would not grow. Trying to breathe he remembered, he could not breathe and steadied his own feelings with his will. Looking around he tried to understand why the changes came to be and what he should do now, when he noticed how he felt a warm embrace and something liquid.
‘I am still in Nemo, right? I should go back and understand what is going on later.’
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Opening his eyes Null saw how he was hugged by Snow while the rest of his body was lying inside the experimental vat with nourishment. She must have put him in it as he lost consciousness and waited for him to be back.
“Snow?”
“Null? Are you back? I am so glad!”
Snow’s hug increased in intensity and made Null feel her worry and sorrow. Null himself hugged her back and made sure she could let out all the worry she might still have in her somewhere deeply buried without an outlet.
“Everything is fine Snow. I am sorry to worry you all the time. Something changed and I needed to adapt. What about Baphomet?”
“They are still resting. While they woke up earlier they had overextended themselves too much. Right now they lie in their own vat as they need to recuperate.”
“Good they are fine. I will help them later with Miasma. Their whole process is still not finished. Their eyes are still not fully developed.”
“I shall say it has time. You have to work on the prophecy, they said.”
“Nonsense, I would never let them suffer while I prance around to make someone else’s tellings come true. Whatever it is that tries to make me do something, it all has time until they are fully healed.”
Without further ado Null stood up and came out of the vat.
“How long was I out?”
“A few hours. Not that long, but are you sure you are fine?”
“Of course! Whatever happened, it was nothing worth mentioning. Some kind of weakness. Maybe from my excitement to break back into Ertralis.”
In a few Minutes Null and Snow found themselves in front of Baphomet’s Vat. It was not their own Vat but the vat Snow remembered being used as Baa and Pho being fused into what now is called Baphomet.
Noticing them coming closer Baphomet started to open some of their eyes.
“Lord, you are well, we are glad.”
“How are you feeling?”
“A bit weak, but we should be fine in a day or two.”
“You rest first. Everything can wait until you feel better, okay?”
“...Master you are so kind.”
“I am no Master, we are Friends and friends care for each other, right Snow?”
“Of course! You can count on us, Bapho. We are here if you are sick!”
While it was not quite what Null meant, Snow gave her heartfelt opinion on how Baphomet should rest until fully cured. Baphomet was moved by their honest feelings as there were nothing like those when they were growing up in their sect.
“Lord Null, to be honest now we have started to turn gears, which will not halt for anyone anymore. We need to be wary of everything and be ready for what will visit us. This World is now aware of the Crater and it will be bloody.”
“I know, Baphomet. I already knew this would happen. While I am only here for a temporary stay I will clean up a bit of the mess the former Kingdom made with their stupidity and I will make sure no one of the ones I like will be in danger when I finally leave this place. There will be a bit of chaos but they will remember my Name.”
“If it is you, there will be a lot of Chaos!”
“Snow…”
“Lord, she is right. There will be a lot of carnage, but we are glad you are doing it for everyone's sake. We will follow you not only out of obligation but our free will.”
“Thanks Baphomet. Now rest, as the Carnage will begin quite early. I do not think they would ignore what we did right now. I make sure this Crater will be seen as the true forbidden Zone and never be messed with even if I am gone!”
While talking about the future, the World starts to turn in many ways, all because of a dark beacon breaking out of a miasmic cloud inside an old Crater.