FLESH AND CROWS

Within the lands of Psychosa, 5 countries once thrived.

The kingdom Cetaria, named after the infinite goddess herself, was the richest and smallest of all five. Positioned on the east coast of the continent. Known for its large ports and easy access to all trading routes, having all water ways lead to it. Its primary port was named “Heavens gate”.

The republic of Parasi, placed on the northern part of the continent bordering Cetaria to the south, and Orin to the west. The second richest of all nations, with vast advancements in industrial machinery. The nation sprawling with factories and railways all throughout. The country is known for its frigid winters, with the capital being known as “The flame of winter”.

The kingdom of Orin, the poorest of all nations yet the richest in minerals, due to its vast mountains and deep mines. Appears to be in a continuous state of conflict, as its subjects and royals have a history of disagreement. Due to its mountainous terrain, it is not easy to invade, with travel being done by sky machina, and trains.

Viserius is the oldest and largest of the five, named after its founder Viserus also known as “he who saw the light”. A theocratic country ruled by the church positioned west of all other nations. Although it may not be the richest of all nations, many believe it to be the most powerful. A land of vast deserts and deep forests, covered in long forgotten infrastructure .

South of all nations lies the empire of Fing, a powerful country. Not much is known to that of other nations due to its souther positioning and border being the largest river in the lands. It’s also home to ancient jungles and exotic fauna. Although the country is covered in mysteries one thing is certain; the empire’s military might is unmatched.


88 years ago an unmarked empty vessel docked in the kingdom of Cetaria. It was a large ship,  dwarfing all other ships in the bay. Those who saw it said the sails were as large as smaller vessels, with its carpentry being foreign to all shipwrights. The ship appeared to be of a different age, one much more advanced than that of their own. A total of 60 men were needed to dock it properly. It had no markings no make of origin. When searched there appeared to be no damage, no signs of a struggle, or any semblance of a crew ever being on board. Those who searched the boat reported the only noticeable presence was a most peculiar scent. Some said it was that of lilacs, others said it was more of daisies, some just said it was like a garden of roses. While they all described the scent differently, all shared the same sentiment, it was a sweet smell, a peaceful smell, a welcoming smell. What the boat was carrying or what was found within it, was never disclosed. All those who searched or had been apart of the boats processing died later that same year.
Within 4 years of the ships arrival the kingdom of Cetaria fell to ruin …

79 years ago the wall was finished..
66 years ago they were transformed ..
50 years ago the cure was established..
30 years ago the war started..
22 years ago the war ended..
20 years ago the saints were distributed..

12 years have passed since the last cleansing..




Chapter 1 
Arrival 

In the south outskirts of Parasi, there’s a small pass by town. Housing the first train station entering the nation.

a girl eagerly awaits her father’s arrival from work. She is shopping for apples, the vender smiles and says 

“Is your mom baking another one of her delicious pies tonight Stephanie?”

“She sure is, Father will be back tonight and he loves apple pie. Mother and I will be surprising him !”

“Well isn’t that lovely, your father will be very happy, here take these flowers with you, I picked them myself today.”

“These are beautiful! Father will love them they smell so wonderful, oh thank you so much!” 

As she makes her way home taking the same route she always takes. Her house is located on the end of the main road, on her walk and comes to her attention the streets are empty. She finds this unusual yet pays no mind as she’s beyond eager to get home. She then notices the suns appears to set much sooner than usual, perhaps the day is just as eager to see her dad as she is.  
She arrives home, and whistles calling for the neighbors dog as she’s got a treat for it. Yet the dog doesn’t come out to the yard, perhaps he’s a sleep she thinks. 
She then steps into he house and calls to her mother…

“Mother I have the apples and Mr. Matthew’s gave me the most beautiful flowers, Father will be so happy!” 
The house was quiet except for the sound of cooking from the kitchen 
“Mother?” She called 
She proceeded to call for her mom as she walked into the kitchen with no sight of her mother 
A voice is then heard 
“That’s great sweetheart now let’s get the table ready your father will be here any moment”
She turned but didn’t see anyone her mother no where to be seen yet her voice was echoed over her shoulder 
“Oh Stephanie father’s gonna love our meal isn’t he?” 

“Mom where are you ?” She said 

“I’m right here sweetheart” the voice was clearly in the room with her 

“I don’t see you mom ?” 

“Oh sweetheart is this another one of your silly games? I’m right here” the voice said ever so soothing 

“MOM! MOM! WHERE ARE YOU!!” She cried out 

“ Stephanie those flowers do smell wonderful you’re right your fathers gonna love them”

“MOM I CANT FIND YOU!” She cried out as she ran all through the house 

“Oh Stephanie i still need your help with the kitchen your father is close by” the voice called out 

She ran back to the kitchen but before entering she noticed a strong smell of lilacs coming from the room her body stopped as the voice called once more 
“Stephanie your father is gonna love this meal” 

She walked slowly into the kitchen to find her mother standing there cooking, her mother turns around looks at her and says 
“oh sweetheart look at your clothes where have you been playing ? Let’s get you all cleaned up”
She is confused as she hasn’t been playing anywhere. She then looks down only to notice blood all over her hands and dress.
She screams hauntingly and begins to cry as she waves her hands away from her . She looks up but her mother is gone again. She cries and screams as she closes her eyes.

“MOM MOM WHERE ARE YOU?!!”

“I’m right here baby, don’t these flowers smell wonderful?” 
She calls in front of her

She opens her eyes and sees the body of her mother on the kitchen floor with her chest and stomach ripped open in a pool of blood. 
She screams in shock and runs out the door to find it being pitch black outside with only a light at the end of the road she runs and runs crying for help. She suddenly comes to a stop and crouches down with her eyes closed screaming for help. 

“… Stephanie is that you baby?”

A familiar voice calls to her 

“Father ?? Is that you” 

“Yes my beautiful bug, why are you crying what’s going on? What are you doing out here? Where’s your mother?” 

She opens her eyes and sees her father walking up to her 

“Father mom.. mom is hurt she needs our help” she cries out 

“It’s ok baby I’m here now, come here”

She gets up and runs towards her father with open arms crying…..

Suddenly her father is no longer in view as she’s now back on the grown facing her dismembered body a few feet away from her with a towering figure standing next to it. As the man turns and walks towards her.
A tear rolls down her eye, as she utters her last words
“Father……..”

A train traveling at night suddenly comes to a stop as the conductor announced that the next town has lost all power and are not responding. The train unable to arrive due to no way of contacting the station in order to clear the tracks. A masked cloaked tall slender man steps out the train, with him a bag in his hand.
The man facing the direction of the town, all that can be seen is small flickers of light. The man notices a scent being carried by the wind coming from the direction of the town, as he makes his way to the town by foot. Following the train tracks leading to the town as he arrived, he was greeted with a massacre, as blood and bits of human remains are scattered throughout the train station. The foul stench of blood clouding the entirety of the station yet there was another scent the man seemed more interested in. He proceeded to follow the scent throughout the town. The town was dimly lit with only a few of the street lamps being functional while others flickered in and out of power. It appears whatever happened here has led to the electrical power being severely damaged along with a large portion of the cities infrastructure. There appeared to be no signs of any survivors to the ungodly events that took place, as the town was dead silent. The man kept walking, as the scent became stronger so did the carnage. The streets and building walls littered with limbs and organs. A blood stained path leading to the main road.

  As he made his way down the road a noise could be heard in the distance. It sounded like sluggish loud chewing . He proceeded down the road following the noise, the street leading to a dim lit path as the street lights flickered in low lightning, but the noise was clearly coming from the end. The man proceeded to walk down and with every flickering of the street light a silhouette began to appear. What appeared to be a large entity, devouring something . With every step taken the creatures body began to come to view. A collage of human limbs being pulled together by flesh. It had two large eyes with a mouth as large as the body it was consuming , placed sideways in between said eyes. With jagged broken bones pushing thru its skin to form some sort of teeth, and two hands reaching out from its mouth pulling in a human body. Hair spatted across its head reaching to the bottom of its body. It was standing on 4 legs and two hands all sticking out from a fusion of torsos. The upper body having human faces throughout its length, and a total of 5 arms with a different amount of hands and fingers. 

  The man appeared to not have any sense of fear or reaction towards the creature he had just stumbled upon, as he just continued to walk towards it. The creature notices the man as he swallows what’s left of the human, then proceeds to move towards the man. It shifted its limbs into a more movable shape, sprouting new limbs, bones, and ligaments from its flesh as they rotated and twisted to the desired orientation. The creature made no noise yet the constant dragging, bending and breaking of limbs could be heard while it moved. The creature was large yet surprisingly swift using all its mass to propel itself forward . While doing so it’s flesh was being torn from bone as it was dragged thru the road leaving behind a river of blood in its path. The man stopped as he got closer to the creature and just observed. Right as tu creature opens its mouth and prances on to the man, he drops his bag, with blades suddenly appearing on the tip of his right hand. He leaped towards the creature then making a swift and smooth swing of his arm in mid air. As he landed back on to the ground so did the creatures head, as it now laid few feet away. The head facing the man as he stood next to its decapitated body. 

  Although the creature was decapitated it appeared to make no difference, as the creature continued to move and whale its body around attacking the man. The man then reaches behind his lower back with his left hand pulling out some sort of blade, with a saw like handle. Then in mere moments the body of the creature was dismembered by the man. With each swing of his weapon being done with an exact precision. The creature unable to react fast enough, was being butchered. It appeared the man was searching for a something, as he proceeded to hack away until a mangled heart like organ appeared and he stabbed thru it. Once the organ was pierced the creatures body along with its limbs stopped moving.
As the man stood there surrounded by limbs, organs, and mangled flesh, he began to gather all the pieces of the creature and pilling them up. He made his way around the small town searching for any other remains to add to the pile. In his search he found himself in the outer parts of the town, he notices a wall has caved in and in the rubble remained a small arm. He removes the rubble and sets the arm free, but the arm appears to have been jaggedly cut off. Proceeding to investigate, a small trail of blood behind the wall can be seen leading to an old shed. The man makes his way to the shed, as he opens the door he finds a child. It’s a young girl holding a blood soaked hand saw in her left hand. Her right arm missing instead all that can be seen is a serrated exposed bone with portions of her skin still hanging. Her clothes covered in blood and grime, her eyes were bloodshot as cuts and dirt covered her face. The man took a step into the shed and although her eyes were open, the child had no reaction as she was clearly unconscious.

  A crow cries as he flies by the window of a house, waking the cloud sleeping in the room. The child immediately awakes screaming as flashes of the nightmare that took place echoed in her mind. She soon managed to calm down and looked around the room she was in having no recollection of how she got there. She was in a girls bedroom but did not recognize the room, she placed her hand on her head noticing something was different. She closed her eyes refusing to look as the realization of what she had done kicked in. With tears in her eyes opening to see her right arm gone, with only a portion past her shoulder wrapped in bandages remaining. She sobbed quietly, as she uttered “I’m sorry……I’m so sorry…….please forgive me…..” to herself.