Dark Lord

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“They were the strongest among the strongest of the Empire.”

“Their feats of war are too many to be counted.”

“Oh, the great knights of the Empire.”

“Are they still human?”

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Military Force Dossier:

The 13th Royal Knight Legion

Faction: The Black Empire

Description: elite, resilient, brave, loyal, desperate, blind.

Ideology: To serve the will of the Dark Lord.

Assessment: They are the desperate ones, living in a world where hope is nothing but a legend. Loyalty is the only thread that binds the last remnants of their humanity.

[Oh, poor unfortunate one. What has turned you into a machine of war?]

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“You are the great Emperor, who leads us to salvation.”

“Oh, great Emperor, who endures endless, indescribable suffering for your subjects.”

“Praise you, praise your will.”

“We pray for eternity to serve as your loyal followers.”

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Character Profile

The Black Emperor / Dark Lord

Faction: The Black Empire

Position: Supreme Emperor

Description: Resilient, tragic, self-sacrificing, scheming, manipulative.

[The Emperor you worship… is he truly on your side?]

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“Hey, performer dancing beneath the shadow of a god.”

“What is it that you seek?”

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Faction: The Eastern Troupe of Performers

Ideology: [Data has been deleted]

Description: mysterious, eerie, uncanny, artistic, deceptive

[If fate has been predetermined from the very beginning, does resisting it have any meaning?]

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[“What Did Apollo 11 Bring Back?”]

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Part 1

“What Did Apollo 11 Bring Back?” is a dark, twisted, horrific world, yet deeply philosophical. Set in an alternate history, where Apollo 11 brought back something blasphemous. It spread contamination across the entire world and shattered the old order forever.

Characteristics: Grand in scale, mysterious, clue-driven, profound, dark, distorted, horrific, philosophical.

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Part 2

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“Oh, priest lost in the dark.”

“What is it that you seek?”

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Military Force File:

The Candles of the Lord

Faction: Church of Salvation

Description: Numerous, desperate, poorly trained. Cannon fodder.

Ideal: Fight for a meal.

Ideal: For the will of the god!

Comment: They are tiny pieces on the board of great players. They have no right to choose. They can scream and no one will hear. Their fate is already decided.

[Does the author care about the characters? Do the players care about the chess pieces? Is that wrong?]

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“He is the embodiment of God’s wisdom in the mortal world.”

“He is God’s messenger, leading humanity toward salvation.”

“No matter how many eras pass, he will forever remain the guiding star that leads us.”

“Praise him, the great holy emissary, Ivan Korsev!”

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Character File

Name: Ivan Korsev

Faction: Church of Salvation

Rank: Cardinal

Description: Tragedy, sacrifice, obsession, blindness.

After the █████ incident, Ivan Korsev became the Supreme Archangel Iculas.

[What turned a human into a twisted, deranged, obsession-driven monster? What is he obsessed with?]

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Apollo 11 Log:

13:32 UTC, July 16, 1969

Status: Active

Notes: Launch.

03:00 UTC, July 18, 1969

Status: Active

Notes: Photographing the Moon.

03:10 UTC, July 18, 1969

Status: [Unknown]

Notes: Loss of contact.

04:00 UTC, July 21, 1969

Status: Inactive

Notes: Returned and landed on Earth.

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Accessing…

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Apollo 11 Project

Codename: Godslayer

Authorization: President Franklin D. Roosevelt

Classification: Top Secret

Initiated: 1945

Target: The Moon

[What happened in February 1945?]

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“The shadow of His Grace blanketed the battlefield.”

“Majestic and overwhelming in might.”

“His presence crushed countless mortals beneath it.”

“In that moment, the victory of God was beyond doubt.”

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Archangel Iculas

Faction: The Church of Salvation

Description: Deformed, frenzied, twisted, obsessive.

Purpose: To enact God’s will

Summoning cost: 10 million souls.

[ What did the Archangel witness in 1969?! ]

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The echoes of the forgotten souls at the bottom of the river

Location: AC-2503 Factory

Status: Active

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Zeta Factory

Objective: Mass production of Zeta.

Description:

Human-like physical torture sites using Ax-type humans

[Ax: a type of human specially cultivated to maximize the sensation of pain.]

Method:

Varied / dependent on the natural terrain.

[If a small group must suffer horrific pain to death for the majority, is it worth it?]

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The Elucas Rite — the beginning of the curse.

[A coming-of-age ritual within the Black Empire. Zeta fragments are driven through the bodies of the participants, allowing them to resist “contamination,” at the cost of lifelong physical agony. The number of Zeta fragments embedded in one’s body also signifies social status.]

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Zeta — the Angel of Pain.

Description: Metal / black.

Function: Counteracts “contamination.”

Zeta is forged from human physical suffering.

[Who bestowed Zeta upon humanity?]

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The King upon the Throne of Endless Suffering.

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Faction: The Black Empire.

Ideology: Humanity must continue to exist at any cost, regardless of what has happened.

Description: Power, discipline, silence, obsession, inhumanity — and pain stretched into eternity.

[Standing before billions of dying souls, with only a one-in-ten-thousand chance of salvation… is it still worth trying?]

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“Pray to You, our great divine god.”

“Grant us a day when the world is purified.”

“Grant us a day when humanity disappears forever.”

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Faction: The Church of Salvation

Ideology: The world has been corrupted. By the divine will of God, the world must be “purged.”

Description: Fanatical, insane, twisted, sacrificial, macabre.

[If one day humanity is corrupted into blasphemous, inhuman things, does mankind still deserve to exist?]