░ CHAPTER FOUR ░ The Lich
On the morning of Saturday, February 10th, the group heads out towards what’s left of McGuire Air Force Base. What they find is a group of survivors already holed up in what used to be a section of base housing. An area already fenced off and with a guard station in place, it’s only become more fortified since the end of the world. Old military vehicles used to help barricade the walls, a volunteer always present on the wall with guns at the ready. Within the walls, they’ve tried to hold onto the remnants of civilization, people still trying to create homes in the apartment buildings, while playgrounds sit rusted and abandoned. Food, ammo, and medicine are bartered for in the remains of an old store within the center of the complex.
Those already hidden behind those walls might not welcome the new group with open arms, but they do welcome them when there are still enough who can’t stomach leaving them out there to face the danger that’s been sitting on their doorstep for months now.
It began much like it did in New York. At the beginning of December, a few miles away in what was left of the army base Fort Dix, the ground began to fracture. Surrounding buildings shaking and some beginning to crumble as the earth ripped apart. From beneath its surface, a monolith began to rise, a tower made of stone and ice that brought winter with it. At it’s source, was the demonic entity that crawled out of hell with a score of undead at its beck and call.
Centuries ago, the Lich was a human necromancer who simply craved too much power. Despite his attempts to cheat death, eventually Hell claimed him, corrupting his spirit over time with all the torments it possessed. He was twisted and turned into a demon, one that now possesses the combined power of both. He sits somewhere within the rising monolith, the image of a desiccated corpse with a rusted crown, intent on claiming some piece of the crumbling earth as his new kingdom.
He carries no reliance on vampires to do his bidding, and as such there are fewer present. Instead reanimating the dead to serve his will and utilizing hell hounds to chase down those who have tried to escape his clutches.
Prophets are welcome to have any visions regarding the lich or the monolith.
The lich is a demonic entity, on the same level of a red-eyed demon, though its unique nature presents itself with ice blue eyes instead. This means blessed and afflicted may potentially be aware of it’s energy as well.
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