For Joe - I would burn everything
to the ground for us if I had to.
For Jason - Your support and encouragement
mean the world to me. Family is not only blood.
You have always been and always will be my brother.
For Morgan - It’s all for you and
will always be for you.
For humankind, there had always been a balance. Evil lurked in every corner of their lives, but just waiting around the bend was salvation. Deception, heartache, loss, tragedy, and disease all peppered with success, friendship, fortune, and love… these were all mainstays of the human condition. But what was not understood was the need for balance in the universe. True balance. A balance that separated the pure and loving from the truly evil and demonic, not just the karmic under-linings of good vs. bad. Destructive forces threatened to overtake, and sweeping serenity would save the day. Humans were lulled by this thought. Comforted by the notion that no matter what happened in their lives, a new day would dawn.
This was the false sense of security all humans enjoyed…
…until Aestrangel showed them what true balance was almost halfway through the 21st century.
For the Lord had grown tired, and the Lord had grown weary, and the Lord had hated the subtle machinations of the good vs. the bad. Because at the end of the day, the tables always toppled over to his side.
But after the Evening Star rose up, there was pure darkness. A shadow of despair and hatred fell over the hearts of men and made the souls of women turn to stone. For two thousand years, Aestrangel inflicted upon the people a terror unprecedented in the history of mankind, for it is said that she could devour a person’s spirit by just speaking their name.
She is the Dark One, the Enlightened One, the Morning Glory. And through her journeys to hell and beyond, she has consumed the energy of all in her path—angels, demons, and humans alike. It is said that even Lucifer trembled in her wake. She can make oceans dry up and cities drown. She can make fire rain down from the sky if she is bored. Her reign of punishment and horror ripped open a giant void in the very fabric of mankind, shutting the lord and the sun out from them.
The Lord had hoped those years would soften the people, teach them a lesson, and make them turn back to Him and the heavens. But He had wanted true balance.
And for two thousand years, that’s exactly what Aestrangel delivered.
For she is Legion.
Many and all.
And the world will continue to shudder under her rule.