I'm standing in the rain... the town... demolished... utterly obliterated. I look around... people... children... pets even... hung... strewn about... bloody... all dead... a black figure... a figure of shadow stands at the far side from me. The sky is a greenish grey and swirling with portals of some kind. "Look around you... the world is being made aware of the Eldritch world... you... have been left alive as a kindness... as for your precious wives... they can ROT WITH YOU!" SHINK! A pair of blades skewer my head and heart... "AAAAH!" I wake up screaming. Covered in sweat and eyes darting around the room. The girls run upstairs along with Axothul. "Are you alright?!" Lizzy said. "We were sleeping beside you when you started to quiver, shake and sweat profusely... we went to make you some tea and when you screamed we bolted up here as fast as we could" Cristen said. She walks up to me and puts her hand on my face and she gently puts her hand over on chest. "Whatever you saw... it was a dream..." she cradles me and lays down with me. "Lizzy will you be alright getting the tea?" She asked. "Yep, I should be able to bring everything up, if not I'll ask Axothul for help" Lizzy said. Before Lizzy leaves the room Axothul steps forward. "I'm gonna prod you a little... but WHAT did you see?" He asked. "I saw... portals... in the sky, bodies... blood and the sky was green and sickly looking" I said. Axothul frowns... "grrr... it's probably caused by the incident involving our mystery cultists" he said. "I'll go help Lizzy" he adds. They both go back downstairs. Sihlus' eye appears in the corner of the room. "I don't blame you... again... you were my master in past lives... the same goes for now... should you want my intervention... or to slaughter your enemies... say my name to the sky... or to the shadows... and I shall unleash a flurry of slashes in your name" Sihlus said. His eye fades back into shadows. Suddenly we hear chanting outside. We get up and look and it's more cultists! They have Cristen's whole house surrounded and there's too many to count. "..." I stew in thought for a moment. "Sihlus... kill them all" I say. I loud chime can be heard all around us, we look down outside as I walk out of the house. But if I'm up here with Cristen then that must be... Sihlus. "Sorry folks, but you got the wrong house" He said. "Kill him!" Yells a cultist. They all pull out muskets and pistols and start firing into Sihlus. He is riddled with bullet holes and missing parts of his head. "Torch the house!" Yelled a cultist. I go to run outside but I notice something odd. Sihlus isn't dead. "Before you do that..." Sihlus starts to revert back to himself as the wounds also heal. I large straight blade, as big as him with a serrated edge and curves in it forms in his hand. "I am a relic of the old world, nothing but gods nowadays may pose a threat to me... and so..." he rest the blade on his shoulder and starts laughing manically. "My master has given me the order to execute you all!" He yells. The start attack Sihlus, skewering him and slicing him but it does nothing to stop him. SLASH! RIP! SNAP! SPLASH! Bits of human bodies litter the ground. "Bahahahaha! I haven't slaughtered so many in eons, my master will be pleased to see the results!" He laughs. The girls, Axothul and I walk outside. Sihlus turns around and kneels. "I've done as you commanded... I hope I was able to make you proud" He said. "No need to kneel Sihlus, you did well, please return to standing by, you did well" I said. Sihlus melts into the ground and vanishes. We examine one of the corpses to see if they're carrying anything that might give us clues on who sent them but we see nothing... but one thing strikes me as peculiar... one of them has a sigil etched into his skin... deep too. It looks like an eye with limbs reaching out from it. "Hey Axothul, you're a Great One... so you should have quite a bit of knowledge regarding your world... does this sigil look familiar?" I asked. He walks over and examines the corpse. "No, I've never seen THIS one before... but it does lend some credibility to the rumors of a possible Great One outside of those we know" He says. "If that's true... we could be in trouble if they are trying to summon that which is unknown" He adds. "Could you elaborate a little more?" Lizzy asked. "They could be trying to summon something beyond horror... worse than any known eldritch god..." He said. "Well... guess we have some answers to the group that attacked the church... but there's one problem with how it happened" I said. "Hmm?" Axothul looks at me in confusion. "There was no warning, no prior signs of an assault on the church... meaning the cultists might be hiding in plain sight" I said. Later we all return to the town. Hunters are still patrolling the place and checking people who want into the town. I meet with Edward who introduces me to a new hunter... Logan. "Gavan, this is Logan, he's a hunter who just transferred, I figured you two could work together as well on the case" Edward said. Logan is a large guy, slightly heavy set, 6'3ft, slightly bearded face and brown hair and yellow eyes. "Hey, the names Logan, the Brute, you must be Gavan?" He asked. "Yep, that's me" I then asked him a question. "Why are you called the brute?" I ask. He then unveiled a giant cleaver like sword that was 5ft long, chain on the end of the handle and a bloodied cloth wrapped handle. "Woah... that's one gnarly looking cleaver, how much that bad boy weigh?" I asked. "Approximately 90 pounds of cold hard steel tempered by Great One blood" He said. "I've also heard you quite the alchemist... I heard about your sparring session with a Great One, heard you threw acid into his eyes" He adds. Axothul frowns, you can tell he was clearly bugged by this, he may have been able to heal but the emotional damage dealt is still there. "Nothing to be ashamed of, besides, I heard your on our side, it's good to see even outer gods disagree with each other" Logan said. "I see humans as delicate but strong creatures, I believe they are meant to live their lives they way they want, the outer gods are a threat to that freedom" Axothul said. "Also we heard from Gertilde about what happened at the house, she also saw your secret friend" Edward said. Sihlus emerged from the shadows and crossed his arms. "You had eyes watching us for safety, eh... I'm surprised I didn't notice her, then again, my orders were clear, I was commanded to butcher... so I did" He said. "There's nothing wrong with that, we just aren't sure what you are, we're just curious is all" Edward said. "He's a Regenerator of some kind" Gertilde said. She swoops in and lands. "I'm a demon, an old world demon, my existence is one I resent however, but my life is given some purpose by serving the one who showed me kindness and friendship" Sihlus said. "Both Sihlus and I are much older than most things in the world, though when Gavan is absent from this life I encase myself in Crystal and hibernate until he's reborn" Lizzy said. Logan then smiles. "So, how about we go hunt a den of beasts to gauge each others skill" Logan said. "Wait... a den? You mean you wanna hunt a place overrun with beasts... with just two of us?" I ask. "Yeah, it'll be fun, trust me!" He said. Later we all set out to find a place overrun by beasts, as it turns out there was a town  far down the way from us that was completely abandoned and now a den to beasts and monsters. "Alright! If you all wanna watch from a safe place Gavan and I are gonna see who can cut down the most beasts" Logan said. I'm donned in black with a white mask, though I'm still slightly uneasy about this whole thing. "This'll be fun, trust me, we'll get to clear this whole place out and maybe make it a habitable town again" Logan said. We both walk down to the gate. CLANG! Thud! The large metal lock hits the ground and we wrench the gate open. We walked into the town and are immediately greeted by a few villagers who turned. "Hey! Get him!" They shout. They run at us with Torches and hatchets when suddenly... SLICE! Logan cleaves them in half. "Hey! Don't daydream, let's get to the killing!" He said. I draw my sword and burst down a door in the town into a tavern. Beasts are fighting with Zombies and madmen when I go in. I grab out a vial and shattered the top and spray a fine powder out in front of me. "Igni!" I snap my fingers and jump back out the door. KABOOOM! The whole building exploded as parts of beasts and madmen hit the ground. Logan turns to look. "Hmm, I knew you were well versed in alchemy, but magic?" He said. "It's just another facet of alchemy, I've studied it for years, ever since I was ten" I said. CRASH! Suddenly a large werewolf crashes from the rubble. I dash out of the way! "Logan watch out!" I shout. The werewolf slashes his arm... Logan scoffs and clenches his fist... BAM! He clocks the werewolf in the jaw breaking it. He then removes his coat... he's not just heavy set... his arms are super bulky and muscular. "My skin is like iron!" He grabs the werewolf by the tail and starts swinging it around. "RAAAH!" He then starts slamming it into the ground... finally throwing it against a building. "Don't forget it!" He said. "So that's why your REALLY called the Brute... the fact that you casually took that slash is incredible, well... guess I should actually try..." I smile and remove my mask. My hair grows longer and my eyes turn red. "I'll show you why even half blooded vampires are not to be messed with!" I smile. The commotion draws out a horde, all of them armed with Cleavers, Muskets, pitchforks, torches and wooden shields. "Tell ya what, first to get 100 kills gets bragging rights for the month!" I said. Logan smiles and laughs. "Your on Night creature! May the best win!" He laughs. We charge toward the horde and begin to cut down the horde. SLASH! RIP! SLICE! SPLASH! Heads are rolling, limbs are lining the ground as we mercilessly slice through the bodies! "Hahaha! I've not had this much fun before! This is my first ever killing spree!" I laugh. "It's just getting better!" Logan adds. STAB! I get stabbed with a pitchfork! "Grrr! You rodent!" I quickly spin around. "I'm hungry!" I bite down onto the man's throat and rip out the carotid artery. Spit. I look on at the horde and get lower to the ground. "Alright this weapon was made for a vampire... so let's see what my blood does to it!" I slice my hand on the blade and it pulls blood from my body to completely cover the blade in blood! "Guess you're still learning new stuff... as long as you're having fun this'll keep being fun!" Logan said. I started slashing through the crowd. My blade sending out waves of blood slicing through the horde and goring multiple at once. "You're slacking a bit! I think this Night Creature might win!" I said. He steps back and cracks his neck. "Wanna bet? This human has some secrets of his own" Logan's mouth stretches back and his body grows slightly, he forms razor sharp teeth and grows a pair of claws. He's eyes turned a bright glowing orangish yellow. "I'm a human with a curse, I can only control it for a little bit, so let's get to it!" Logan said. We both give each other a wild smile before getting back to mutilating the horde. Bodies dropping one by one, blood staining the walls and the ground. CRASH! Suddenly a large creature covered in barbed wire and chains crawls from the ground. It's a giant 20 foot creature that's thin and sickly looking, almost dragon like in appearance, dragging a large chain with an axe head on it around. WOOSH! It swings the axe head at us, I jump back and Logan... CHING! deflects it. It then rams into him sending him flying. This massive beast is enraged, covered in wounds, but its brute strength despite its sickly look gives way to the possibility of being tainted by Great One blood. Logan charges the beast ramming into it, he then takes his weapon and... SLICE! Cuts of the beasts arm! Thud! It falls to the ground as the beast lets out a ear piercing shriek! BAM! The beast kicks Logan away and grabs its arm, it then holds it arm back in place and its bone heals, the wound still bleeds but it has full use of its arm again! Meanwhile... "Hey Lizzy, does that creature seem kinda... miserable to you?" Cristen asks. "Now that you mention it yeah... hey Axothul, can creatures affected by Great One blood be cured?" Lizzy asks. "Potentially... and I also wanna say that beast seems more like a demon of old..." then his eyes go wild! "We may be fighting a beast of old who's simply driven mad! Gertilde! Edward! I need your help for a moment to devise a plan to extract the influence of the Great ones from that creature!" He asked. BAM! Me and Logan are being put on the defensive as the beast keeps slowly healing and thrashing violently! Logan reverts back to normal and the blood from my blade fades. "Crap! We've both run down the timer, I used up so much blood that I can even think straight let alone breathe! Can you still stand?" I asked. "Barely, feels like there's a hole in my chest, we might be screwed" Logan said. Suddenly... BONK! Lizzy crashed down into the creatures head! This slams into against the ground as she pulls up chains from the ground to restrain it! "I may look like a slave to my lover, but don't take me lightly!" She said. Cristen runs down with Gertilde, Edward and Axothul. "We think this might be a demon from the old world, thus we may be able to cleanse its blood" Axothul says. "We'll hold of the horde while you and Axothul work on a remedy" Edward said. "Gavan, extract a sample of the creatures blood if you will" Axothul said. I quickly grab a syringe from my coat and go towards the demon. I extracted its blood, it's a nasty, greenish purple. "I will infuse my blood into its blood to over throw the influence of the current Great One it took the blood from, here's a sample of my blood!" He said. He takes out a syringe and takes some of his blood and throws it to me. Me suffering from a severe lack of blood I almost drop it. I catch the vial though and quickly get to work using an alchemy station in the nearby abandoned hospital. The others are guarding Lizzy and the entrance to ensure nothing gets in. I quickly separate the blood and mix them into a separate container, I add some thyme, and a small bit of tonic to dilute the substance. Then I mix it back into Axothul's blood and discard the tainted vial. I quickly look out the window. "Here! Try this!" I throw the vial to Axothul. Sink! He stabs the creature and begins to inject the blood into it. Meanwhile the others continue to slice down the beasts and madmen. Suddenly the large creatures skin turns a dark maroon red as it stops moving. "It didn't work!" Axothul shouts. Suddenly Sihlus appears behind me. "Throw this dagger into his skin, it'll help" He tears off one of his fingers and it turns into a dagger. He dissolves quickly after. Here goes nothing. I stumble forward and throw the knife into the creature. However I lose my footing and fall out the window as well. "Gavan!" Lizzy cries. As I'm about to hit the ground I feel a warmth rush over me, if my neck snaps, I can't be there for my girls anymore... I shed a tear. Suddenly I stop... I look up and Cristen is holding me. "You're not dying from a silly little fall" She then stands up. As we go to retreat... the demons finger twitches... smoke begins to bellow from its mouth as vent like flaps form on its back as its arms and legs slightly bulk up and it turns a brighter dark red. Suddenly it springs to life. "Grrr! Remove these chains!" It bellows. Lizzy lets it go as it stands up and looks toward the horde. He barrels past Logan and the others slashing and smashing the beasts and madmen! Within minutes he sends the last of them running. He picks up one of the madmen trying to run and... BITE! RIP! Tears his head clean off and eats the body. "Ah... I haven't felt this way in years... not ever since I was chased down and dragged into this town to be crucified and buried..." the demon looks over to us. His eyes immediately widen as he spots Lizzy. "Well... color me surprised... I didn't think you'd find Gavan again for another few hundred years..." said the demon. "Redrin, the demon of smoke and flame... you remember me?" She asks. "Hmhm... of course... just one moment, I'm starving" Redrin said. He grabs a handful of the corpses and begins chewing and eating them. Blood drips from his teeth as he devours the corpses. "There's nothing better than fresh food" he said. He then turns and looks at me. "Hm! A vampire! Why does he seem so pale though?" He asked. "I used a lot of blood during the fight with the horde" I laugh. "Ah, you should find blood soon then from a willing donor... otherwise you might starve to death" Redrin said. Cristen then kneels down and sets me in front of her. "You heard him, you need to feed and soon, otherwise we may lose you" she said. "Can't it wait... I don't wanna have everyone watching" I joke. "No! You need to feed damnit! Now drink!" She slightly moves her clothes to the side to reveal her neck. Shink! I bite into her neck. "Ah! There... huff... just drink" She moaned. Her face turns a bright red. "I'd prefer if you all wouldn't stare so much... it's... it's embarrassing" she adds. "So... Lizzy, does the old world terror still lurk in shadows" Redrin asked. "Yes, Sihlus still does, though he shows himself much less now" Lizzy said. I remove my fangs from Cristen's neck. "Better?" She asks. "Much, definitely gonna have to wait to fight again, but it's enough for me to walk and talk normally" I said. We stand up and she hugs me... of course... size difference being a thing she just puts her boobs in my face... not that I mind.