The Cult – 0:00 A long time ago, before arrival of the prophet and his single god, Black Lamia was adulated by men all over the Empire. She was the subject of a cult, and countless were the sacrificial rites dedicated to her glory. Then, newborn's blood flowed , she feasted on their steaming flesh. Alas ! things must change when the prophet came and revealed the existence of a god of kindness. Soon, Black Lamia became an icon of evil and her devotees turned away of her. She wanted to punish them for their treachery but the prophet slayed her. She then became the shadow's mother. In her abyssal lair, she locked herself in a cocoon made of flesh in order to regenerate her mortal coil. Black Lamia is now awaken. Every night she comes out of her Abyssal lair and wander about like a lost soul in the moor and hamlets, looking for a newborn to abduct. Her hunger is always unsatisfied, and her anger multiplies tenfold...

Posthume Avant-Propos You, who read this story you met the beast . Like me you faced the atrocious Lamia. You joined me in the desert of ashes,realm of the one whose smile never ends. I was Altheon, the bloody sword, emperor of the seven realms,like my fathers before me. I reigned in the name of God... Chapter I – Alven's birth and abduction. Celebration / alven, my pride Today we celebrate the birth of my first son, Alven. He'll become the Emperor when my time will come to die. This child is my pride, and never a glorious victory on battlefield could supersede this sensation. I place all my hope in him, he'll be the best warlord the empire neverhas known. Warlord It's time for me to leave my family and throne and to join my army on the border of the Empire. New lands are to be conquered and people to be enslaved. My father gave me the name of « Altheon, the Bloody Sword » and I'm known to honor this pseudonym. Everyone all over this world is afraid of my rage on battlefield. I fight in the name of my God, for His glory, in the holy Skies and on Earth. More I slay heretic foreigners and more I feel close to Him. That's my fate and i'm proud to honor it. The abduction/ Black Lamia's curse Night fell on Altheon's castle, and moon distils her last quarter's light throw the black clouds. Everything's quiet. In deep shadows, red eyes are observing a newborn in his cradle. Shadow's Mother moisten her lips with her forked tongue. The blue blood is her favourite. Soon she opens the window of the balcony and gets into the room, followed by an icy wind. Eyllen, the emperor's wife, opens suddenly her eyes. Her blood is flowing away from her throat. Her son, in the emaciated arms of the devilish creature, is crying. That's the last sound she hears before dying...

Chapter II – The Chase Desolate Landscapes I Three days ago we leave my castle. No time to loose. Our horses run as if hell was behind us. Alas ! we know we go to it ! Under this grey sky, the hills of my empire seem sad and trees loose their vital energy. The Beast let her print behind her. Night, remembering Eyleen's smile My love, you've payed my mistakes with your life. My desire for conquest causes your loss, and mine. I would have been there, to protect you and our child ! I would have listened to my people's complaints about the creature who spread chaos accross my lands ! I desperate to have your forgiveness. I'll return with the beast's black heart and our son, that's the promise I make, my beloved Eyleen... Desolate landscapes II The deep forest we go throw now, was in bygone days the most luxuriant of my Empire. Its oaks and ash trees became a shell of themselves and black brambles and mushrooms invade the verdant ground. It seems the beast leeched their vital energy . O God ! Why did you create such a creature ! At the gates of Abyss, a smell of Death At the darkenned heart of the forest we find temple's ruins. A statue, showing a beautiful woman whose legs are serpent's tail, dominates at its summit . All around the desolation reigns and no grass or tree dare get close the ruins. A putrid smell comes from the temple's entrance, as if the death herself had breathe out . Elders ! Help me now to destroy the abomination you've created !

Chapter III – In the Abyssal Lair The descent Never in my lifetime I'd seen such an horrorific place. My mind becomes to wander. Walls and the the spiral staircase, which seems to never end, are covered by organic seeping matter . Is this alive ? In the Abyssal Lair «- Come on, tacky emperor, go out of the shadows, here is my lair and here you'll die !You followed me and found this place. That was your fate ! Soon your flesh and guts will be part of the walls around me! Soon your soul must join those of your wife and child and all those of the men you slayed. » « - I 'll hold your head at the summit of my throne, witch ! And everyone will come to see your loss ! «  Duel The Darkness around us are only pierced by candles on candelabra made of human flesh... I'm facing the Lamia, she's smiling, in one hand she hold my son, lifeless, in the other his heart, Alas ... Anger ! In one bound, i'm on the beast... blinded by my tears... Suffering Defeat... She was too strong... She's over me... Her nails penetrating my flesh... No one will never slay a goddess... Pain/Agony …my loss... my wife and son, so far and so near … I come....

Chapter IV - The desert of Ashes I open my eyes. Ashes in my mouth. I stand up now, naked. No one, nothing, as far as the eyes can see. Only ashes. And the sun. Its Light is pale but my flesh can taste its infernal heat. I walk to the horizon... so hard... each step is a torture … this sun... Soon, my flesh begins to burst into flames... I'm now a part of the realm of the one whose smile never ends...