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After being shocked by how humanity would have ended up if Adam and Eve had never sinned against [[ | After being shocked by how humanity would have ended up if Adam and Eve had never sinned against [[Yahweh|God]], St. John steps through a cave and arrives in [[Hell]] on Earth. He learns that this place was not a location of Divine punishment, but was created by humanity once they had become exhausted with their lives of pleasure. St. John becomes overwhelmed by the visions of terror and asks for a new vision which is more peaceful. | ||
St. John and the Chimerical Scholar are transported into ''The Haywain''. Here, he learns that no matter what circumstances humanity finds itself in, there will always be conflict. Only a single person in an isolated place can ever find peace. To reinforce this, he is taken to a lonely desert in Egypt where Saint Anthony is deep in prayer. [[Demon]]s surround him, trying to tempt the [[saint]], but Anthony is too focused on prayer to acknowledge their existence. | St. John and the Chimerical Scholar are transported into ''The Haywain''. Here, he learns that no matter what circumstances humanity finds itself in, there will always be conflict. Only a single person in an isolated place can ever find peace. To reinforce this, he is taken to a lonely desert in Egypt where Saint Anthony is deep in prayer. [[Demon]]s surround him, trying to tempt the [[saint]], but Anthony is too focused on prayer to acknowledge their existence. | ||
The creatures are led (and possibly controlled) by a fearsome [[magician]] called the Lord of the Deep. It is a vaguely [[H.P. Lovecraft|Lovecraftian]] entity with a face reminiscent of Cthulhu. The Chimerical Scholar says that it is only a representative of something far more sinister: “He serves a master more terrible than [[Lucifer]], older than [[Satan]], and more powerful than [[the Devil]]." As the Lord of the Deep begins chanting an invocation, Saint Anthony finally speaks, [[ | The creatures are led (and possibly controlled) by a fearsome [[magician]] called the Lord of the Deep. It is a vaguely [[H. P. Lovecraft|Lovecraftian]] entity with a face reminiscent of Cthulhu. The Chimerical Scholar says that it is only a representative of something far more sinister: “He serves a master more terrible than [[Lucifer]], older than [[Satan]], and more powerful than [[the Devil]]." As the Lord of the Deep begins chanting an invocation, Saint Anthony finally speaks, [[exorcist|exorcising]] the demons. | ||
As St. John leaves the scene, he is followed by a little dog wearing a cowl. This was the Lord of the Deep's pet, Conjure Dog. They journey through the wasteland, but Conjure Dog is stolen by the Fox Thief. They chase him into a nearby city, the Village of Grotesques. The creatures in this place somewhat resemble humans, although their features are all distorted. Eventually, they find Conjure Dog and, after cataloguing all the weird beings they encounter, leave the village and enter a nearby forest. | As St. John leaves the scene, he is followed by a little dog wearing a cowl. This was the Lord of the Deep's pet, Conjure Dog. They journey through the wasteland, but Conjure Dog is stolen by the Fox Thief. They chase him into a nearby city, the Village of Grotesques. The creatures in this place somewhat resemble humans, although their features are all distorted. Eventually, they find Conjure Dog and, after cataloguing all the weird beings they encounter, leave the village and enter a nearby forest. | ||
===The Last Judgments=== | |||
In the exotic forest, they encounter a baby sitting inside a hollowed out apple. St. John suspects the Apple Baby is actually [[Lucifer]] and the apple is a gateway to [[Hell]]. Anticipating that he will view the Last Judgement, they enter the apple and are transported to a nightmarish hellscape called "The Last Judgement of Souls in the East." | In the exotic forest, they encounter a baby sitting inside a hollowed out apple. St. John suspects the Apple Baby is actually [[Lucifer]] and the apple is a gateway to [[Hell]]. Anticipating that he will view the Last Judgement, they enter the apple and are transported to a nightmarish hellscape called "The Last Judgement of Souls in the East." | ||