Infernal Ascent - A Journey Through the Netherworld (Part 4)

It was night. The fallen city lay dormant, a forgotten husk of what it once was. At the height of its glory, the moonlight would limn the streets with a golden white. The cobbled road had been chiseled with decorative patterns that drew the eyes of nobles and peasants alike, and a steep wall had once girdled the periphery to fend off any invaders who dared to encroach on the city at twilight or dawn.

Tall houses and busy shops flanked the streets from both sides. Street vendors would shout at weary travelers and pilgrims as they made their way to the temple lying in the heart of the city. A second, sturdier wall protected this crowded inner city. Only the richest lived there. They collected tribute from those beyond their banclite wall as they played the facade of [Priests] and lords. The greed of the nobility.

Alas, it was all gone now. Their greed had driven the city to despair. Their place of worship wrought the anger of the Fairy Queen herself. The former city of Brilsum was now a Dungeon, claimed by monsters and animals and nature. Its gilded roads were cracked and ruined, scarred by the magic of a [Hero]. The only good [Hero] to have walked the Nexeus— this world.

Melissa the Oracle of Light.

It wasn’t divine retribution. It was simply retaliation. There was a reason why the Fairy Queen herself refused to join the pact with the Spirit Lord. They wished to be left alone, unbothered by mortals. And yet, Humankind thought it wise to bother Fairies, seek out their mounds, and build places of worship around it. Of course, the Fairy Queen wouldn’t just let it stand.

Call it revenge or call it unnecessary, the Fairy Queen befriended Melissa and asked her to do one simple thing: fell all the Fairy temples and punish their worshippers. Melissa, for her part, carried out her duty diligently, forever bringing an end to the blasphemous Court of the Fae.

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Release date

Lydbog: 19. december 2024