ANATOMANCY: SECRET PROMISE

[Swgrclaŋ 697]

THE PREACHER came before the Barad-Khor, visage and identity hidden under the shroud and shadow of black robings. He carried with him a dear and secret promise, plucked from forebears who could not bear to rejoin a covenant long since altered and mutated from its vengeful shape of origin. The gates swung forth for his passage, and phantoms danced to welcome him, the nameless and the one-eyed; and he soon he stood at the epicenter of a throned spectre whose seat the Preacher knew was once a man. 

 

Words were had that few were present to hear; and by the time the legion of horribles came in congregation for blood-rite, the things said between the Barrowlord and the Preacher were lost in the chaos to all but themselves. Promises were made, suggestions of purification and salvation at the end of the road that the children of Xion must walk and, at all times, struggle upon against forces that would disrupt and draw them away from an ancient ordainment of celestial vengeance. Then... the ring.

 

 

Symbol of a secret pact, one of mercy rather than aid. Long may you hold the ring, saith the Preacher, who sought nothing in exchange among these whom he held a strange and unclear relation to. In the hands of the Barrowlord Khor, before the eyes and eyeless gazes of the living and the damned, the Ring of the Preacher's Promise radiated the light of his Wighted mind that burned brightly even now beneath layers of soul misshapen by transformation and dark-spirited ritual. The oath of the ring was revealed in its two parts... the first, which may be ascertained by even monstrous destroyers; and the second, legible only to those who can create life. The Preacher said ...

 

 

Spoiler

[ I wanted to showcase a small experimental media project and see some feedback on the rough product I managed to put together via audio overlays, AI narration generation via dialogue sampling from a particular game's character, and music to intensify the feeling of the narration. For this reason, the resources must be credited to: William Houston, responsible for voice acting King Vendrick in Dark Souls 2; and Trevor Morris' "Hvitserk's Choice"  altered to a slower tone by the the Youtuber "Airl". Enjoy and ignore the extra two minutes of silence that I forgot to cut out 🧓 ]

 

[Phantuhm 193]