The Team     

"John is one tough guy. John Steele is my warrior against Chaos."

~ Professor Henry Silberhutte

"The warrior stands, ready to defend, ready to fight for those he serves. He is a warrior of virtue, A knight of conscience. He is who we all wish to be." 

~ Anthony T. Hincks

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Excerpts from the personal Journals of Professor Henry Silberhutte:

We know Arkham is the center of modern Chthonic sorcery. We understand that the AMAH, Arkham Museum of Ancient History, is the source of multiple cosmic portals. Both the Worshipers and the Agents of Chaos use these gates to open avenues into otherworldly dimensions inhabited by indescribable monsters and demons. 

It requires immense psychic power to open these portals. Worshipers of different evil Elder Gods who were normally hostile towards each other were now working together. What is the common goal that binds these diverse sects together? 

Their end game is to bring back the Chthonic Gods themselves. The result would be the end of our world. When these creatures are finished stripping a planet of its energy, they leave a barren and lifeless planet behind. Who can stop this powerful cult of Chaos Agents and worshipers? 

My small group of friends and I are the only people who know of their existence and insane plans. There is no one else. We are the only ones who can stop them and prevent them from world domination.

Our Team must become a group of demon-fighters. Are we capable of defeating this large sect of Chaos Agents and worshipers? I don't know if we can stop them, but my friends and I are determined to try.

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A brief description of our Team follows:

The Team: as defined by Professor Silberhutte

John Steele- he is a martial arts expert, trained in the Way of the Sword. When he was a child his parents were killed in an attack by Chthonic creatures. Steele survived that slaughter with a heightened resistance to Chthonic magic. John is a world-class expert on ancient history and artifacts. Put bluntly, he is one tough guy. John Steele is my warrior against Chaos.

Sierra Masters- she is simply the most gifted psychic object reader I have ever witnessed in my long lifetime. In ancient times, they would have called her an oracle. Today, the art of reading token objects is called psychometry or psychoscopy. She is a highly gifted psychic, perhaps the most powerful on this planet. She is a beautiful, intelligent woman focused on avenging her elder sibling, Adam Masters. Adam was kidnapped, tortured, and sacrificed by this same Cult of Chaos we remain battling today. Her younger brother, Frederick, is also a member of our Team.

Frederick Masters- he is a former Army Ranger Officer with intensive elite military training. For years, he led Ranger Teams to hot spots around the world. He also possesses a psychic ability; Frederick can sense danger. He can feel it in objects, people, or any given situation. This unusual talent has saved our little band on numerous occasions. Frederick also has an unhealthy infatuation with explosives, and feels the best way to seal an other-dimensional portal is its destruction.

Professor Henry Silberhutte, III—As I have previously mentioned in this journal, I possess some knowledge of the ancient, specifically focusing on all things Chthonic. I am the last surviving member of an elder race. My people are not from this world. 

We are the Alnass Najma. We are the first race, the eldest, the people from the stars. I am small in stature, as are all of my people. However, we have larger brains with greater capacity than humans possess.

Depending upon your perspective, my people have been blessed or cursed with longevity. Many centuries ago, I dabbled with Alchemy. Now, I would be considered by some to be a full-fledged Wizard. I know a few spells and have accumulated a personal collection of ancient artifacts. These select items possess specific properties. Most humans would refer to these properties as 'magical.'

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From the journals of Professor Silberhutte:

I have been in this war since I first encountered a cult of demon-worshipers.

"Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn"

I am attempting to be transparent and honest, so... my motivation is this. Out of fear of our abilities with extrasensory perception, ESP (magic), the Chthonic Gods and their followers killed my wife, children, family line, and entire race. They hunted us down like animals and killed us, one by one. 

There never were a lot of us, my people. We lived very long lives, were slow to marry, and even slower to have children. The population of my race was roughly two thousand spread across the galaxies.

Now, I am the last of my people. They did not torture and murder my race in its entirety because of something we had done. Oh no, they made my race extinct simply because we were gifted with extrasensory perception and had the potential to stand against the Chthonic deities and demons. 

The same damned group of Cthulhu worshipers is now headquartered in the northeastern United States and is more powerful than ever. John managed to seal one portal, but there are many more.

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