[THE SQUAD]

So, uh, do any of you ever have that dream about the scary woman who kills your entire family, then your friends, neighbours and everyone you’ve ever spoken a single word with?

Dark glasses, pale skin. Carries an axe, sometimes wears this plain white neon mask. Tall but not too thin. Speaks sparsely.

Cries when she kills people. Called The Griefer?

Female killer I think. No? You sure?

Never had a dream like that? Seriously?

Me neither. Just trying to make conversation. Jeez! What? You guys are soooo old! Ugh!’

[Frankie Rotwang – Young Mad Scientist/New Recruit talking to her newly assigned Squad.]


The afterlife of Belphus needs protecting, or at least the hellscape that certain individuals find themselves in does.

Untold droves of demons, abominations and the undead seek to escape the realm into the mortal world.

A group of soldiers who died in their former lives and were reborn into new forms fight a forever war against monstrous creatures.

There’s always been a rumour of an exist from the hellscape, nobody knows if it leads to Heaven of Hell but any place is better than this mockery of an afterlife.

Welcome to your afterlife soldier.

Fight with your Squad or cease to exist.

[This is a message from the Tourism Board. Stop this illegal activity Old Man. We made a agreement.]


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