All Known Church Information as of 391.
â ď¸The following document covers topics from chapters 107-109, 187,195-200, 214, 234, 235, 237, 241,345, 373, 383, & 389 If you have not read these chapters, I implore you to stop reading â ď¸
Most passages are from mtl and slightly fixed, there will still be errors and inconsistencies.
Church of the Luminous Unknown/Nameless sect: a cult surrounding people who want to become darkness, within the cult there are multiple branches and sects each with their own ways to becomes Named.
Mimicry sect: goal is stealing the narrative and stories of others for themselves through mimicry and theft in hopes they are acknowledged by Ireum and become named
Parchments: Every parchment is part of a divine scripture and their rank is based on their verse, Story Usurper is ranked verse 4. These parchments are called Sacred Law/Divine Law. By swallowing one of these laws and conducting rituals, the individual gains access to the powers of that law. (Rank 4 is equivalent to B - C grade darkness)
Story Usurper: The story usurper is a rank 4 parchment capable of copying the appearances of people and absorbing the narratives of people and objects. The parchment itself is even capable of using items and their abilities. In 186-188 we find that the story usurper parchment used it's ability within the tattoo and swallowed most of his items in the inventory, Sol was able to save the pen from being fully usurped. (The only known way to handle a story usurper user is to ignore and defy their influence and existence)
Music Box Of Praise/Angel's Sigh: An item from the church capable of bringing back sanity to contaminated individuals. After using it three times, madness is guaranteed. Only people who have received a sacred law and been assimilated are capable of using it. It is revealed it is the Angel's Sigh & the main cause of the Sekwang City disaster.
Jisan Village: A village with cult-like members. They worship a God in the Seonangdang. They learned of the truth and the Church's teachings in a distorted way.
Truth: The truth is awareness. To accept the fact that the world is a novel and you are just a character within it. To accept that you are insignificant. Learning the truth causes madness and insanity.
Centipede Sage: a giant centipede resting under the Seonangdang, it had been stewed in liquor and awoke at the true doctrine Soleum recited. Its teachings were misunderstood causing it to be trapped in liquor. It has a âhumanâ face and countless arms on its centipede body. Its role is to spread teachings.
Ireum-nim: The great name, they are the one who the Church worships. Ireum-nim is believed to have made darkness. Ireum-nim was created due to the anonymity feature on the Dark Exploration Records site, due to the fact every darkness has âAuthor: Nameâ it tricks the Church into thinking one singular divine being made all darkness. (Ireum-nim is the wiki editors)
Rain Echo: a ghost story belonging to the Mimicry Sect. Mimics previous victims of the rainpit (multiple at once) to lure others. Can take forms as letters, pictures, etc. Was removed from the DER Wikipedia.
Lee Heoun: a researcher in the Cheerful Research Institute, was the target of a Love Paradise ritual, not affiliated with the Church. Current Status: Deceased in Sekwang Disaster
Jang Heoun: an experiment of Love Paradise and grew up in Love Paradise Shelter. The eldest of 8 family members granted the first name Heoun. Used as a test to steal the narrative of the individual Lee Heoun by imitation. All family members perished during a fire to follow the imitation making Jang Heoun the âLone Survivor of a Fireâ. Current status: Revived by Yellow Mascot, Currently severely contaminated.
Kim Heoun: One of the 8 family members part of Love Paradise Shelter. decided to follow the role of imitation and willingly perished in the fire. Was resurrected by the wish potion after being deemed too insignificant to affect the world. Deceased after colluding with a member of Happy Ending Church and being deemed unhappy. Was later revived due to Yellow Mascot Authority and reunited with Jang Heoun. Current Status: Contaminated and under employment of the Yellow Mascot.
Happy Ending Church: Believe happiness is found in death as the death cannot be unhappy, affiliate of the Church of the Luminous Unknown. They are a contradictory branch that does not respect the doctrine they follow. They care about wanting to seem more interesting to Ireum-nim (most recently created of the affiliated sects)
Last Ritual Center: a ghost story of the church, it is capable of changing locations. It is used as a place to perform rituals and rites for the followers of the church.
Lee Seoyu: One of the fraternal twins part of the Happy Ending Church. She and her brother plotted to remake the cult alcohol. She was stopped by Kim Soleum before calling out âIreum-nimâ. She does not care that her sect contradicts the doctrine, she is deeply afraid of Ireum-nim. One of her seven skills is body part manipulation. Ex member of Quota Worship Sect. Current status: Alive, last seen unconscious.
Lee Seobin: One of the fraternal twins part of the Happy Ending Church. He and his sister plotted to remake alcohol, skills unknown. Soleum makes a comment one of his abilities is related to serial killing. He used the Ascetic in the Box to deal with Kim Soleum, after the box was edited he was freed. Current status: Alive, last seen unconscious
Exigua: A darkness resembling a parasite that attaches to fish tongues. It is an infectious Darkness that spreads from people by just talking. Once attached to the tongue, a sense of unity is found between all followers, they will follow the orders of the sect officials.
Right Number Praise Society/ Quota Worship Church: a church that was established early on in the wiki. Founded by ascetic who found that Ireum-nim enjoys individual suffering. They strive to reach a narrative of prolonged individual suffering.
Truth Seeking Box: A Darkness of the Right Number Praise Sect, with two arms it slowly follows after someone with an âinteresting storyâ once trapped you experience never ending pain for 27 years and unable to escape The box requires two individuals to close but is capable of holding more.
Angel's Sigh Shell & Mermaid Tomb: a deep ocean palace deep under the ocean, it was a magnificent home until a parasite known as the Angel's sigh shell parasitized the place and turned it into a biological disaster. It is revealed the shell was a processed form of the melody from The Music Box of Praise, a cursed melody that heals but then turns you mad after 3 listens. Cheong Dallae is the culprit and reveals it herself.
Daydream Potion Maker: Every daydream potion maker (not to be confused with the Incubator) holds an Angelâs Sigh music box in the potion mechanism, theorized to be the reason the wishes are granted poorly.
Unknown ID card: An unknown ID card found in the pop-up dream ghost story. Kim Soleum picks it up and reads that it is for the Nameless Church. This card mentions a new sect, White Sect.
White Sect: [No known info yet]
Let there be no light: a courage test darkness about collecting stamps in the pitch dark, those who shine a light or see the light vanish. The stamps on the card reveal the directions to Shinmaun Monastery in the training center. This darkness is held by Namhae Daydream Branch, though the actual darkness is connected to Love Paradise Cult.
Shinmaum Monastery: âOnly the name of paradise is a love you can't refuseâ this is a monastery in the basement of a training center, this place is filled with religious symbols and items. It is built over a cliff, at the bottom is the Fairy Rock, where those who fall die. The fourth stamp for Let There Be No Light is here. Once inside and touching a religious symbol, a beautiful voice tempts you to follow it to suicide. This phenomenon is not tied to location, the voice will follow you out. This is a love paradise location and connected to the Heoun's.
Beautiful Voice of a Lover: a beautiful being that is an ideal type to everyone, it MUST be loved. It speaks and talks to the victim like a yearning lover, enticing them to follow it and commit suicide. It later follows Kim Soleum out of the darkness, into the Namhae branch where Sol then forces it to fight A-89,causing THIS Lover to die. (Implied there are multiple lovers)
KSE description:
It overflows from deep within my heart.A sense of happiness akin to being immersed in the lingering afterglow of a deeply moving film. A seeping melancholy, a heart fluttering with excitement and joy. Flowers bloom from deep beneath my back, green vines grow, birds sing, and brilliant light blushes.The joy of reuniting with family after a long separation, the lump in your throat, the warm choking, the poignancyâŚâŚ]
First Teaching:
"There is no freedom in this world."
"This world belongs to you, Ireum. It has meaning only when you are chosen by Ireum. You must acknowledge this truth and practice yourself to be chosen by Ireum, planting and cultivating the seeds of origin in the world.
"Your free will means nothing, only Their will and choice mean something."
"The weak who cannot accept this truth have escaped from the world by death, but that is not an escape."
"There is no escape from your name.â
Passages:
What is the Church
âChurch of the Luminous Unknown is a creepypasta in itself.â
They worshipped creepypastas, believing that the very foundation of the world is based on them.
The followers of this group are fanatics who think that if they unearth and cultivate ghost stories skillfully and become a meaningful existence in the world, they will be chosen by âIreum-nimâ and granted eternal life.â
Story Usurper-
âThe Mimicry Sectâs Scripture, Verse 4
[Story Usurper]
: A power of Church of the Luminous Unknown that appears in the <Dark Exploration Records>. Ranked as a 4th-rank entity under the Mimicry Sect of the cult.
It seeks to mimic others, stealing their stories to use as nourishment for its own narrative.
When a person is caught in this phenomenon, they lose potential paths in their life, and if the duration extends, even their very identity can be stolen.â
Initiates could swallow fragments of the sacred scripture and, through ritualistic offerings on an altar, gain access to the corresponding powers.
âIt was classified as one of the cultâs hierarchical ranks.
This insane cult matches its members and their ranks with specific supernatural phenomena!â
Unnamed Member:
âTo reject the blessing granted to us pitiful beings who canât leave even a single letterâs worth of impact on the foundation of this world. What a shame.
If you had handed over your meager story, we could have filled it with IREUM-nimâs luminous grace. IREUM-nim would have acknowledged us. How unfortunateâ
Music Box Of Praise
âA replica of the music box acquired through a certain ritual at the Church of the Luminous Unknown.
It's said that the inside of the genuine article was engraved with the words 'Knowledge of the Truth is Power'.
If someone who has become assimilated with a ghost story listens to the melody of the music box, there is a chance they may regain their human rationality and sense of self.
However, if listened to repeatedly more than three times, it can instead lead to falling into madness and committing unpredictable and horrific acts. See usage records here.
Some claim this is merely a side effect of realizing the unknowable truths of this world, and that the music box's true usage only begins after listening more than three times.
As soon as the music box is closed, the melody is forgotten, and only the feeling remains, never to be recalled in your mind again.
Usage Requirement: One who has been granted the sacred scriptures of the Church of the Luminous Unknown, and has become assimilated.â
Truth
"The world is â â !! We are just one of the â â s written in it!â
Centipede Sage
A ghost story that transmits the teachings of the Church of the Luminous Unknown. It is said that, upon being recognized by a certain clergy member who was inspired by the power of stories inhabiting lowly creatures, this entity began to foster mutated followers throughout the world.
Rain Echo
[Rain echo]
: The power of the nameless sect that modernizes the superstition that whispers heard on rainy days are the calling of ghosts
The sect it belongs to is the Mimic.
It targets victims who approach the rain pit on rainy days, and in the process, it impersonates the appearance and voice of previous victims and bewitches them.
It is also used in a creepy, broad sense to mean' talking' in various forms such as letters, notes, or pictures.
It follows the format of an either-or horror story that puts you in a situation where you have to agonize over whose words you should believe, but in reality, no matter what you choose, it all comes down to a mess, making a mockery of the scapegoat.
A twist that exploits the human psychology that if you choose the right person, you will be able to survive.
This ghost story has been removed as not meeting the Wikipedia listing criteria due to the following reasons:
1. Lack of connection with the affiliated organization (nameless sect).
2. Confirm similar ghost stories during disasters registered with the Supernatural Disaster Management Agency.â
Love Paradise
One of the new religions that was popular in Korea in the early 2000s in the worldview of (Dark Exploration Records)
It is said that they became famous on the early Internet at the time by promoting their religion in a way that appealed to the younger generation, with slogans such as, "You can meet your ideal type" or We will make you into your ideal type."
But in reality. It is an unethical, shamanistic cult that forces strange rituals on its followers to transform their lives into something suitable for a specific being called the Lovers of Paradise.
and
The hypothesis that this process was influenced by the sect of the Nameless Church was well received as an interesting hypothesis, and the Nameless Church was eventually established as one of the sect's affiliated organizations.
The facility belongs to the Unknown Sect.
Jang Heo-un grew up in a facility of the Nameless Church.
In this case, if the 'lover in paradise' is a real person, an attempt is made to hijack the narrative through a ritual process of imitating that person.
Thus, it is an act of following the doctrine of the nameless religion to become a meaningful being in this world.
Happy Ending Church
Happy Ending Church
A sect that pursues the most altruistic values within the Mysterious Church. They strive to bring a happy e nding to those who have no hope of surviving the apocalypse and those who are meaningless.
The method is mainly death.
Because the dead cannot be unhappy.
Happy Ending Mantra
Ireum-nim knows every thread of story and life. Only He is the answer to this worldâs truth, and only His will holds meaning in this world. May He see us. May He watch our â â , let us understand fully and follow His will, and let our stories become meaningful to Him. Then perhaps, within that light, there may be pity for us, perhaps He will hold affection for us. And so, at last, perhaps what we awaited will arrive. Rest, happiness, the chance that even after the end we might survive and be grantedâŚ
Happy Ending!
Last Ritual Center
Last Ritual Center
A sanctuary for followers of the Nameless Sacred Cult. It takes the form of an old underground bunker, and as it is itself a ghost story, it has no fixed location in reality. It has moved around for religious ceremonies, causing various strange phenomena. For detailed records, please refer to this site.
There are rumors that this space is actually the stomach of something, but its identity is unknown.
The form is slightly different depending on the denomination, and the capacity also varies greatly, from a few to tens of thousands of people.
There are even ritual rooms inhabited by only one person.
Ireum-nim
Ireum-nim/Name
A being worshipped by the cult known as the "Nameless Church" in "Dark Exploration Records." It is said that only their will and choices have meaning in this world.
In fact, its identity is [Spoiler]
Click on the spoiler to see what happens.
Author of the Dark Exploration Record? wiki.
It's simple.
Dark Exploration Log initially followed the format of a typical website. So, when you clicked "Submit to create a wiki, a name field appeared.
However, since anonymity was the basic rule, the principle was to not touch the name field.
So, if the contributor posts a ghost story as is this is what happens.
Author: Name
Lee Seoyu
Lee Seoyu
Her real name is Lee Yun-seon. She is one of the 5th-rank Death Directors belonging to the Happy Ending Order.
She is desperate to use that power to reconstruct his name and personality to present an image suitable for the Happy Ending Cult, and the emotion sustaining this foundation is fear.
â â â â â A fugitive from... She joined the Church of Luminous Unknown through the teachings of the Quota Worship Church, but felt madness and fear from those teachings and swallowed the scriptures of the Happy Ending Church.
There are a total of seven contaminated ghost stories, and among them, the one that can be used skillfully is the one that cuts the body into pieces â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â
Ascetic Speech:
Quota Worship Society:
So that's why. I wonder if it would have been better if I had gone to a religious group that was established early on in Wikipedia registration.
A place like the Quota Worship Society?!
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In the early days of the Church of the Luminous Unknown, many sought to grasp the true meaning of this world. Among them, a devout few selected the path of long and arduous meditation and ascetic practice.
To suppress madness, they sealed themselves inside temple bells, attempting to maintain clarity of mind without the use of drugs or hallucinogens, relying solely on the intense pain caused by the striking of the bell.
Several years passed in this state.
Of the many bells, only one contained a surviving adherent, and that individual would finally declare that they had come to understand certain aspects of the Will of Ireum-nim.
The meaning is as follows.
Ireum-nim desires suffering.
The brief comfort, tranquility, and joy granted to the components of this world exist only as arrangements to prepare for greater shock and fear.
Even this realization itself is madness and pain. Yet it cannot be anything but the right answer.
Still, the pursuit of enlightenment does not cease. Those who follow this realization sealed themselves within various vessels, seeking their own understanding. And soon, within pain, they understood.
Ireum-nim places little value on pain that can be counted and charted in numbers. He values most the special and unique suffering of each individual.
The more harrowing, slow, and detailed the suffering, the better.
Thus, they too resolved to praise the Will of Ireum-nim by exhibiting long and extended suffering.
Quota Worship Sect
This sect believes that, rather than narratives with countless casualties, records detailing a few selected characters enduring prolonged and extreme fear and suffering can bring joy to Ireum-nim.
They worship the quota, the fixed number.
Truth Seeker Box/Ascetic in a Box
The truth seeker in the box. An authority of the church of the luminous unknown. Rank 6, belongs to the Quota Worship sect.
Following the sect's laws, they cut off their own legs and practiced asceticism and meditation in the box until they achieved the authority, and became a creature inside the box that secretes digestive fluid.
They are the praisers of the Quota who focus on the most primal pain
After swallowing the right number of victims, once the box is closed, it never opens until the victim is dead.
The victims that come in contact with the digestive fluid become connected to the praisers of the Quota and become ascetics.
The ascetics remain alive and aware while being slowly and painfully dissolved. Quota Worship speaks their pain into their minds, refining and recording it. The longer, slower, and more detailed the suffering, the more doctrinally correct it is.
An ascetic cannot die until fully dissolved.
The average digestion period is twenty-seven years.
When the display of suffering ends, the creature enters a period of rest, feeding on large amounts of textile.
Angel's Sigh Cheong Confession:
How is that possible, you ask?
I forgot to tell you the name of the music box! It is...
It is called the 'Angel's Sigh' music box.
Don't worry. The function of that music box melody has already been thoroughly verified in a deep-sea city!
It is said that this melody parasitizes humans to provide vitality and regenerative power, but if overused, the parasite eventually devours the person. That is because it was not originally a melody meant for humans.
And it is said to be contagious everywhere, both mentally and physically!
It's the perfect feature for creating the world, isn't it?
Unknown ID Card
I turned my head toward the ID card I was holding in my hand.
[Nameless Radiant Church]
â â â â â
White religious order
Let There Be No Light
The identification code for Daydream Corporation, a ghost story appearing in <D ark Exploration Log >, is Qterw-C-1010.
A ghost story where the horror game gimmick of being attacked the moment the lights go out works in the exact opposite way.
People who fall for this ghost story will disappear if they turn on any kind of light, such as candles, electric lights, or glow-in -the-dark lights, while exploring.
The scariest thing here is that not only the person who turned on the light but also everyone who saw what was illuminated goes missing.
It is unknown what exactly the explorers saw or what kind of experience they were having.
The explorer who enters experiences a test of courage conducted at an abandoned training center located on the outskirts of Gyeongsangnam-do, and cannot escape the ghost story until the test is properly completed.
Shinmaun Monastery
The basement was filled entirely with religious symbols.
Buddha statues, statues of the Virgin Mary, crosses, prayer beads, an unknown bull -headed bust, something filled with severe d rat heads and a split head with strangely glowing eyes revealing rubies like blood. A scene that looks as if every symbol of every religion imaginable has been crammed into this underground space and packed tightly without a single gap.
I was overwhelmed.
The gruesome true nature of this training center was weighing down on me from above.
It was operated by a religious organization and closed 17 years ago.
Shinmaum Monastery
Only the name of paradise is
A love you cannot refuse
Lovers of Paradise
Something extremely beautiful and good that you must love.
A strange being that appears as one's ideal type to everyone.
Its true identity is-
Upon seeing 'something extremely beautiful and good,' they all voluntarily jumped off the cliff and died.
Beautiful Voice of a Lover.
âMy lover, like a hawthorn tree
Your love is
It is truly lovely and pretty.
Your smiling face like profusely blooming balsam flowers
Affectionate gestures
It feels like our cherished childhood memories.
In both open ears my lover's call is as sweet as honey.
With every step ahead
The scent of cedar is green and strong.
In your heart welcoming the returned spring
Like a lily of the valley holding the morning dew
It will bloom profusely.
To turn around and greet
From your soulmate.
My lover,
Your run is like the last steps of a deer struck by an arrow
It is like a gentle shower in early summer.
Your earnestness is on the highest branch
Like a hanging red apple
Your excitement is like a new shoot covered in morning dew
It's the same.
Even in the ruins of a mountain monastery
The light twinkles.
In the sunset light scattering on the glass wall
Our reflection that seems to form a shape.
Your run is not long.
You will stop.
I have come in response to the call
Turn around and greet me.
My lovely lover.
I've been waiting this long
You aren't looking back.â