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There is a secret order to the world. One hinted at in folktales and legends. One whispered around campfires and instinctively known by children who hide from the boogeyman beneath their covers. An order of truth dismissed by the rational mind and written off as a trick of the light or the sound of rushing wind through the lonesome pines. Those terrors which tug at the ragged edges of our psyche, those phantoms which dart in and out of our peripheral vision, those mysteries which defy all logical explanation have given rise to inumerable speculations which only contain dim reflections of the truth. The naked and unrestrained truth is a terrible, primal thing which mortals may consciously grasp at, but the base animal instincts of every creature know better. Deep down, mankind does not want the truth. Deep down, he knows that some secrets should remain buried.

Is it so strange to believe there is more to the world than the mundane which assaults our senses day after day? Are out of the ordinary events, strange disappearances, and mysterious deaths really the complex machinations of beings far beyond the human frame of reference? Could it be that the powers behind governments, corporations, and the very fabric of human culture are waging a war with one another from the shadows, using nations as pawns in their incomprehensible game? So-called conspiracy nuts, paranoid schizophrenics, and other "crazies" are shunned by mainstream society for their vehement belief in the urgent reality of such god-like conspirators. Lack of solid evidence is all the mind needs to dismiss such fantasies as the delusions of the deranged...even when their very guts are screaming the truth to them.

No great mountain of evidence could ever convince the rational mind to believe in that which goes bump in the night. The fog of human skepticism is perhaps the greatest ally of the mysterious in its bid to remain clouded from perception. But those with eyes to see beyond this so-called Veil are privvy to the secrets behind the curtains on this stage of this play we call life. For whatever reason, be it morbid curiosity, a natural gifting, or the ordinance of fate, some human beings are able to rouse themselves from cold logic's stupor long enough to see the world as it really is. Of course there are the ignorant who will call them mad...but there is no great genius without some touch of madness. And it is this touch of madness that calls to these select few, pushing them to unravel the enigmas within the riddles surrounding each small grain of truth.

Escape is not an option once a seeker of truth has crossed this threshold. Either he is held captive by his own obsession or pursued by forces he can scarcely imagine. No matter what may hold him fast to the world of wind and shadows, eyes that have seen even a glimmer of the real world can no longer be satisfied by the pointless day-in and day-out meanderings of the rest of mankind. Those who would clutch at shadows may one day find, to their own horror, that they've caught one...or worse, that one has caught them. If you're reading this, it means your own curiosity or lack of caution has got the better of you. You've taken your first steps into a world, dark and deadly. Now it is only a matter of time before it swallows you bones and all.

Welcome to the world between the cracks in the sidewalk. Our secrets will bury you.

Here There Be Monsters

"This world is older than any of you know, and contrary to popular mythology, it did not begin as a paradise. For untold eons, Demons walked the earth; made it their home -- their Hell. In time they lost their purchase on this reality, and the way was made for the mortal animals…for Man. What remains of the Old Ones are vestiges: certain magics, certain creatures."
Giles, Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Every year biologists discover hundreds of new species hiding in the dark jungles and waters of our planet. Many species which were previously thought to be extinct or mythological such as the coelacanth have been confirmed as elusive but very real creatures. Such animals, referred to as cryptids, are the focus of an oft shunned branch of biological research known as cryptozoology. Cryptozoologists make attempts to verify sightings of Bigfoot, the bunnyip, thunderbird, and other quasi-mythical beasts with hard scientific data. Their research takes them to remote, wild places untouched by the ravages of civilization in search of the truth behind the legends and half-baked, pseudo-scientific claims. Though these expeditions often end with little to no hard evidence and a lot of speculation (due either to the creature's non-existence or ability to easily elude trackers through knowledge of the terrain, weather, flora, and fauna), there have been several instances where researchers managed to catch a glimpse of something that for all their education, all their training, all their years of study, they could not name.

Cryptozoologists will tell you the word "monster" is something of a misnomer. The term carries a connotation of fear and misunderstanding born from ignorance. Monsters are the mythological creatures which hide under beds or closets, eat naughty children, or harangue noble knights of fiction. If such a thing as monsters do exist, they exist not as malevolent creatures with a will to cause human beings harm, but as undiscovered species whose basic instincts are as primal as any animal's. The view of "monsters" from a scientific standpoint is one of intellectual curiosity born from a desire to understand and classify such creatures using scientific methods. To hunt and destroy these creatures because of some misguided sense of righteousness or a desire to rid the world of evil only serves to cheapen the world by robbing it of truly unique and interesting animals. The correct approach to "monster hunting" is an objective and scientific search to learn the truth behind the legends; to learn what dragons are really like. While this view is noble and generally correct in regards to some cryptids, the reality is that true monsters do exist…and it's best not to wonder what dragons are like unless you aim to pay the cost of finding out.

Historical and mythological accounts recall stories of brave heroes going up against horrible creatures which maliciously guarded treasure, callously took human life, and ravaged the countryside either out of conscious spite or in a bid to satisfy their bestial urges. Saint George fought against dragons, Hercules slew the Hydra, Gilgamesh killed the demon Humbaba, and the hero Beowulf killed Grendel along with the beast’s mother and a dragon in his later years. Shortly after the Dark Ages, tomes of demonology listed the names, histories, and habits of thousands of demons in some strange attempt to assuage mankind’s collective fear through understanding. While all of these records are by no means completely accurate, there are echoes of truth in the myths of antiquity. Monstrous demons have walked the earth since its beginning and though they take many forms, demons have always haunted and hunted mankind in perverse, horrible shapes, spreading pestilence, chaos, and woe wherever they tread.

Each culture has its own way of explaining from whence these beings emanated; Christianity holds that they are fallen angels, the Hindus believe that many demons are the reincarnated souls of men who did exceptionally wicked things in their lives, while other cultures believe that they are as old as the world itself, acting as unseen agents of both destruction and change. The truth is difficult to discern as demons are loathe to answer the questions of men and when they do, it is rare that any truth comes from their putrid lips. Thus the origin of these beings who straddle the line between spirit and flesh remains a great mystery.

Such entities are difficult to destroy as they exist both as creatures of flesh and beings of pure spirit. If their immensely powerful, quick, and clever physical forms are somehow destroyed, the spirit of the creature endures, gathering flesh unto itself once more to return to life and carry on its horrible agenda once its body has finally reformed. Demons take on many varied forms and seldom reconstitute themselves as the same beast twice; each new incarnation carries with it gruesome new powers to contend with. Thus, those who seriously hunt monsters rarely settle for simply killing the beast. Imprisonment is the preferred, though infinitely more difficult method. Oftentimes demons are sealed within tombs, holy places (such as beneath churches or in catacombs which seem to weaken their powers considerably), inside statues, crystals, or specially designed prisons which only certain dark magics are capable of penetrating. One can imagine that a demon, imprisoned for hundreds of years and finally freed once again possesses great hunger and a terrible wrath with which to contend.

The mind of a monster is a strange and alien thing. They do not reason as men do. Rather, they are creatures of almost pure emotion, lacking logic and a capacity to process rational thought. They cannot be bought, bullied, or reasoned with. They owe allegiance to no man, not even those who foolishly traffic with them (though those powerful in magic are often able to offer demons commands which they must grudgingly oblige). As beings of spirit, they can travel to anywhere in the world, move unseen in the midst of men, and take over the bodies and minds of both the willing and unwitting; a great many serial killers were little more than the vessels through which demons performed despicable acts against mankind. When they wrap themselves in flesh, taking on horrific shapes and terrible powers, they are nigh indestructible, roaming through the wilderness, sewers, basements, graveyards, and dark places of the world in their desire to aimlessly consume and destroy. The power of the Veil prevents men from seeing evidence of their passing as anything more than strange cattle mutilations, bizarre murders, and the madness of a serial killer.

One of the more disturbing qualities possessed by these entities is their ability to successfully mate with humans (pairings outside of fanatic cults are rarely consensual) and produce twisted, demonic offspring known as Nephilum. Mothers die in the horrific and painful birthing, often being ripped open as the demon spawn tears its way from the womb. These children are monsters in every sense, but possess a number of human physical and mental qualities as well. Nephilum represent a union between earth and hell and as such are viewed as the ultimate abomination by many groups of shadow hunters (especially those religiously based organizations). They possess a human reason which has been broken by the alien mindset of a monster…the result is a canny, morally bankrupt, and ultimately insane individual with monstrous qualities and the power to walk in both worlds, but belonging to neither. Just as true demons can change shape, these half-demons are able to shift between two forms at will; a (mostly) human form and a true monster. There have been reports of entire communities in Africa, Indonesia, Eastern Europe, and New England isolated from the rest of the world by generations of inbreeding, worship of demonic entities, and birth of Nephilum into the world, an act which these sects of zealots view as holy and the ultimate honor for any woman.

The Wild Ones


There are other beings besides demons which walk the fine line between physical and ethereal realities. Though they are often confused for demons, the Wild Ones are a unique species of quasi-spiritual entities who have amused, harassed, inspired, and tormented mankind since his earliest days. Widely known as fairies, the Faye, and the fair folk, the Wild Ones divide themselves into a broad spectrum of classes based on geography, appearance, and personality. There are the Banshee of Ireland, mourners of the soon-to-die, the Tikoloshe of Africa, malicious spirits who causes great destruction and ruin crops, the Kappa of Japan who drown those coming too close to the water, the Curupira of South America, zealous guardians of the forest with flaming hair and green teeth, and the Alux of Mayan tradition, whose tiny houses built with the intent of trapping them within dot the countryside…not to mention the Boggarts, Brownies, Dryads, Dwarves, Elves, Goblins, Gnomes, Gremlins, Imps, Kobolds, Leprechauns, Nymphs, Pixies, Naiads, Redcaps, Selkies, Sprites, and Trolls of European folklore.

Many traditions speculate at the origins of the Wild Ones. Some say they are elemental spirits connected to the Earth and a vital part of nature’s proliferation in an ecosystem. As such, they are as old as the world itself and an essential element in the survival of the planet. Apocryphal Christian beliefs claim that fairies are beings caught in between heaven and hell; neutral parties in the rebellion of Satan who were cast out of heaven, but were not wicked enough to become devils themselves. Some other fringe traditions maintain that they are the departed spirits of the dead, demonic entities, or spawned from the laughter of children. The truth is that, in older days, fairies were worshipped as deities by primitive societies. As Christianity and other mainstream religions spread throughout the world, their power dwindled and they became less like gods, consumed by jealousy and pettiness. Though the Wild Ones maintain kingdoms of their own design, their influence over mankind as a whole is limited to malicious interference either in the form of mostly benign pranks (hiding car keys, twisting a sleeping person’s hair into knots, or making dogs bark incessantly) or vicious and violent acts of murder and kidnapping.

A fairy is rarely helpful without leveraging some hidden cost against its beneficiary. The shoemaker who finds all his shoes cobbled by a troop of Brownies each night may wake to find his newborn son taken from him one morning. The artist who calls upon the Muses for help may find himself robbed of any creativity he once had, the sweet voice of inspiration withdrawn once he is completely reliant upon Faye intervention. Make no mistake – the Faye are agents of chaos. It is for this reason that they are called the Wild Ones. They thrive on discord and make every attempt to seed rumors, disrupt stability, and for good or ill, challenge the status quo that mortals seem content to rest upon. Those fairies which mortals would consider “good” limit their thirst for chaos to mischievous pranks while those who are “evil” are more forthcoming in their methods. They ravage the minds of mortals, feed upon their dreams, plague them with nightmares, destroy their homes and possessions, and some will lead humans hopelessly astray in the wild and even may even murder them outright. Such spirits are exceptionally crafty, malicious, and fearful.

When a human child is born, the fair folk are inevitably drawn to the child and many lonely children form friendships with their “imaginary” friends who grow more willful, belligerent, and willing to violently demand affection as the child matures. Occasionally, the fairies will kidnap an unbaptized human child, replacing it with a child of their own. These fairy children have come to be known as changelings. Changelings are strange beings that look and grow up like normal children, but are highly intelligent, have a voracious appetite for strange foods, a natural gift for magic and a persistent immaturity. They are very difficult to raise and when parents discover their real children have been taken away from them, it is often too late to do anything about it (modern parents who do not believe in fairies may be led to believe their child has some sort of mental illness or learning disability). The reasons the Faye have for this act are varied; some fairy parents believe human children are much more beautiful than their own while others find nothing more amusing than having a human servant. Some fairies want to eat or sacrifice the children. Others simply enjoy causing mortals grief. Just as fairy children in the human world are misfits and outcasts, so too are human children in the fairy world who grow up in much the same way as their changeling counterparts. Both parties have been known to run away from the worlds which reject them, returning to their roots…otherwise, human and fairy changelings will be forced to lead a lifelong existence in a world that does not fully understand or accept them.

More so than any other creature, fairies are affected by the beliefs of mortals. It is the spiritual nature of human vision, dreams, and passions that feed them and give them power. Without belief, a fairy is nothing; there is some credence to the old saying that a fairy dies every time someone says “I don’t believe in fairies.” As such, all of the good folk are, without exception, repulsed by the symbols and traditions of mainstream religion (the forces which robbed them of the worship and adulation upon which they grew powerful so long ago), especially Christianity; for while animism and idol worship in many parts of the world gave power to the fair folk well past the fall of Rome, Europe, the greatest seat of Faye power in the world, gradually passed into shadow as Christianity replaced and absorbed pagan traditions. Those Wicca who still offer worship and attention to the Wild Ones are a great minority and because of this, the fairies of today have lost their way. Their crumbling kingdoms in the wild corners of the world, in the abandoned charnel houses, and subways of major cities attest to the decay and confusion that characterize the wonderfully magical yet invisible world of the fairies. Though scattered as their methods and thoughts may be, it is the goal of every fairy to inspire belief in mortals. Their pranks and malice are merely misguided attempts to rekindle a belief in their kind in the collective mind of mankind. But that does not make them any less dangerous. If anything, their frenzied confusion and slowly decaying mental state makes them a treacherous, if sympathetic, enemy of humanity.

Dancers in the Moonlight


One of the most well-known icons of European folklore and American cinema is the werewolf, a creature of primal rage and unbridled power who transforms into an uncontrollable killer; a hybrid of man and wolf each time there is a full moon in the sky. According to popular stories, only silver can kill a werewolf, though Wolfsbane will keep him at bay. The werewolf is a tragic figure at odds with his hidden self…though he may try to fight the beast within, he will always succumb to his base urges at the sight of a full moon, transforming and killing even those he loves. Tragic as he may be, the werewolf is not alone in the world of shape shifting hybrids; there are supposedly werehyenas in Africa, weretigers in India, werepumas and werejaguars in South America, wererats and werebirds in America, and a host of other human/animal shape shifters littering folklore throughout the rest of the world. How much of this is true and how much is the fevered delusions of human minds corrupted by the Veil? If werecreatures do exist, from where does their power come from? Is it a curse or a blessing? Where does the Hollywood stereotype end and the truth begin?

The world is full of spirits. Not just those demons which fell from heaven or the Faye which were once worshiped as gods…there are primal, elemental spirits of the rocks, trees, mountains, and rivers; spirits of the birds, elk, and wolves. Within their own domains, these elementals have great power. Once, men came to them with offerings, asking for rainfall, a bountiful harvest, and other favors. Once upon a time, men communed with the wild gods and invited noble animal spirits into their bodies. The spirits granted them the ability to change form from human to animal to something in between…In those days, such shape shifters were revered as shamans, priests, and war chieftains, capable of using their spiritual powers to perform miraculous signs and wonders for the good of their tribes. However, many of the wild spirits have grown dormant as their worship has diminished throughout the long ages, falling into torpor as the modern epoch of reason steals much wonder from the world. Yet there are still those who revere the old, primal spirits, housing them within their own souls and calling upon ancient pacts to transform into a hybrid of man and beast under the light of a full moon…these are the true werecreatures (also known as Weres, Ferals, or Changing Breeds) of the world; not beasts under a curse of rage, but spirit familiars in possession of primordial powers able to levy ancient contracts for favors from the very spirit of the planet.

Spiritual pacts which give Weres their supernatural abilities are powerful indeed, spanning across the generations of a family’s line. Though Changing Breeds attempt to foster and teach the young their tribe’s ways when possible, the call of the wild and their duty to the earth often pulls them away from their roles as parents and lovers. Indeed, many who mate with a Were are completely oblivious of their partner’s true nature…thus, many pups grow to maturity never knowing the truth of their lineage…generations can pass before the spirits inside a family line call to one in maddening dreams and visions of the hunt. There are those among the Changing Breeds who can sense these lost cubs through complex rituals and though the pack is obligated to seek such individuals out, the practice has largely fallen by the wayside since ancient times, causing many new Weres to become confused creatures of untapped rage and unaligned potential. Destruction at the hands of shadow hunters or manipulation by other supernatural forces is often the fate of these unfortunate souls.

An additional complication in the life of every Feral is the imposition of a Geass; an unbreakable obligation which he must fulfill or his life and power are forfeit. The spirits which grant Weres their powers do not do so lightly or freely. In exchange for power, each spirit levies a Geass against a Were; the more powerful the spirit, the more taxing the Geass. With each new power the Feral gains, he also gains an additional obligation, thus Ferals are reluctant to make deals with spirits in exchange for supernatural power as the cost of doing so can be weighty indeed. Also, contracts with spirits do not affect merely the individual who makes them; the favors granted and the duties taxed pass on to subsequent generations of the family line. A Geass can be any sort of requirement or imposed weakness; an allergy to silver, the restriction of being able to use one’s powers only when the moon is at a certain phase, an aversion to certain plants (like Wolfsbane), the loss of one’s mind and reason when transformed into a changed state, a prohibition on eating human flesh, harming spiders, or any number of restrictions and disadvantages a spirit can think of. Many Geas (especially the ancient ones) require the Feral to exchange their rational mind for that of a wild beast when they change forms; for as the body, so the mind. It takes an incredible act of will to break one’s Geass (if one is even capable of breaking it in the first place) and even if the Were is successful in doing so, he will lose his life and the spiritual powers of his ancestry will end with him. Due to the heavy price of doing so, Weres are unanimously unwilling to break their Geass under any circumstance.

As spirit familiars, Weres possess an innate connection with the unseen. Theirs is the power to see and deal with elemental spirits as no other supernatural being can. Their insight allows them to see the ghosts of departed humans, incorporeal Faye, and wandering demons. Though Ferals have little to do with such entities, they are perfectly capable of interacting with them just as they would an errant river god. Changing Breeds are most concerned not with finding lost cubs or gaining new power for themselves, but with keeping the spirit world in check (elementals are petty, wicked, and moody beings who love to confuse, harm, and interfere in human affairs for no real reason other than spite) and defending the natural, physical world against the harmful effects of modern society. It is these tasks to which the Changing Breeds are sworn. Dwelling in wild, remote areas among others of their kind and inbred, rural folk sympathetic to their cause, the Changing Breeds wage a hidden war against the evils of modernization. They live not as men, but as their patron animal spirits do, hunting in packs, mutilating cattle, and ruling as princes of their established territories. Few Weres live within the hostile cities of burning smog, ceaseless noise, and overpopulation and avoid visiting even small towns when they are able. But in the countryside, land developers, loggers, and any who tread upon wild ground with unfriendly intent are likely to fall upon their fangs and claws; theirs is the role of protector and predator…and mankind is their prey.

The Immortal Damned


One cannot talk of monsters without mentioning the seminal favorite of every culture's folklore; the Vampire. According to legend and popular belief, Vampires are undead horrors which rise from their graves nightly to bite the necks of their human prey, drinking their blood and turning the victim into a Vampire themselves. They are impervious to harm, can change shapes (most often taking the form of a wolf, a bat, or a mist), and have a particular weakness against sunlight, garlic, the crucifix, and a wooden stake through the heart. Each culture around the world also has its own version of the Vampire mythos. According to Slavic and Chinese tradition, any corpse over which an animal jumped would become a Vampire. Mexican lore claims that Vampires have bare skulls instead of heads. Brazilian Vampires can be recognized by their furry feet...which, according to Albanian lore, would be clad in high-heel shoes. It may not surprise you to learn that all these stereotypes are mostly bunk...real Vampires are far more complicated than these misleading theories imply.

These vast misconceptions are due not only to the Veil's corrupting influence on human perception, but also to the fact that there are as many different types of Vampires as there are cultures in which they hunt. There are the Revenants of eastern Europe, the Ghouls of Arabia, the Lilu of Hebrew demonology, the Strix of Rome, the Vetalas of India, the Asanbosam, Adze, Ramanga, and Impundulu of Africa, the Jiang Shi of China, the Loogaroo of the Caribbean Islands and Louisiana, the Soucouyant of Trinidad, and countless other creatures, each with varying abilities, habits, and origins. Just as there are various ethnic groups among humans, so too Vampires are divided into factions known as Clans. There are literally hundreds of Clans and each has its own specific qualities; physical appearance, inherited weaknesses, customs, origins, and supernatural abilities.

Though Clan acts as a basis for the Vampire's heritage, it is not to be thought of as a Vampire's "family" by any means. Vampires are solitary hunters with no family and no real need for companionship. They are solitary creatures bereft of the very human perceptions of social moorings, emotional needs, or ethical boundaries. Though coteries of like-minded Vampires occasionally come together out of a misguided desire for social interaction, these groups rarely last as the Vampire's solitary nature and innate tendency to deceive, manipulate, and mistrust others causes violent schisms within the group dynamic. Even when cooperation between disparate elder Vampire are necessary for mutual survival, the group faces as much conflict from within as it does from without, making alliances tenuous and temporary at best. Young, naive Vampires are most often the ones who crave companionship and social acceptance, not yet adapted to their new lives as monsters. As a Vampire ages and traces of its humanity are gradually suppressed, such things become less of an urge and more of a liability.

So where do Vampires come from? Are Vampires born or made? In the case of the latter, how does one become a Vampire? Though no reliable source exists to give validity to the speculation, paranormal researchers (as well as Vampires who see fit to consider these things) believe that the various Vampiric Clans descend from a common ancestor who was the recipient of a Deep Curse placed upon them for some great sin. Cain, the first murderer, was cursed by God with a mark by which all men would know him. Judas Iscariot, the betrayer of Christ, hanged himself but could find no repose from his guilt, even in death. Longinos, the Roman soldier who pierced the side of the crucified Christ with a spear, is said to have accidentally tasted a drop of the Lord's blood and lived on in an eternal curse. According to apocryphal Hebrew texts, Adam had a wife before Eve named Lilith who became the mother of witchcraft and bore demonic spawn upon the world after her union with Cain. Some Vampiric Clans even claim their progenitors to have been fallen angels.

Whatever the truth is, the Vampires of these modern nights do not increase their numbers with every bite (doing so would lead to a disproportionate number of Vampires in the world that slowly grew with each new feeding, gradually converting the entire population of prey into predators) nor do they reproduce sexually (after all, that is something living creatures do). Though the rites surrounding the act vary from Clan to Clan, the essential element of Vampiric transformation is blood. First, the subject is drained of all their blood, either by arterial bite or by simply being allowed to bleed to death. Then, the Vampire (known at this point as the Sire, Patron, Progenitor, or Agnate) dribbles his own blood into the subject's mouth, granting them the curse of un-life. Each Vampiric Clan has their own traditions (passed down from sire to progeny) for the process, which is commonly referred to as the Embrace or the Vampire Wedding. For some, it is an elaborate ceremony where a mortal willingly (or acting under hypnotic influence) accepts her fate, sharing much in common with an actual wedding. For others, it is a violent encounter akin to rape. The nature of the act depends very much on the Vampire in question. In any case, the Embrace is never given lightly, for as prideful creatures, Vampires only select the best, brightest, and most twisted from mortal stock to become children of the night. Sires often teach their progeny the ways of their clan and the secrets of their newfound infernal powers. Though some leave their children soon after they are born, few ever leave without passing on some measure of knowledge.

The Nine Great Vampire Clans
Ahriman: The Ahriman are traditionally dark-skinned Vampires originally hailing from Africa. Slave ships brought them to the New World and the Caribbean Islands while travel over land and the Mediterranean saw them spread into Europe and as far as India. Ahriman are extraordinarily strong and capable of transforming into beasts when necessary. Though their origins are shrouded in mystery, it is believed that Witchdoctors who made pacts with dark, wild demons were the originators of this Clan.
Drakul: Perhaps the most well-known of the Vampire Clans, the Drakul are also one of the youngest Clans, tracing their lineage to Vlad Tepes, a hero and tyrant of Romania in the mid-1400s (then known as Transylvania) who was infamous for his fondness for impaling enemies. According to legend, Vlad made a deal with the Devil for power and became a Vampire in the process. His children are notorious shape shifters able to transform into wolves, bats, and a mist among other forms. It is in stories of the Drakul that most Western myths about Vampires find their roots.
Dybbuk: The wandering Dybbuk are demons in the truest sense. They are diabolical, cruel, violent, and corrupt, preferring to torture their victims before feeding off their blood. Not only do the Dybbuk drink blood as other Vampires do, but take pleasure in consuming raw flesh as well. While some Vampire seek to fight against their lower, bestial natures, the Dybbuk embrace theirs as a source of power. Traditional belief holds that their ancestor was a demon of the desert by the same name who passed his curse onto a small tribe of nomads wandering through Babylon.
Gaki: In their native Japan, the Gaki are known as “hungry ghosts” for their supernatural prowess at infiltration, stealth, and ability to pass through walls and other solid matter. Gaki are difficult to track and are especially adept at removing all traces of their passing. According to Gaki tradition, their mother is Izanami, the goddess of the underworld who created them for the specific purpose of ending the lives of mortals. To that end, the Gaki remain faithful to this night, taking lives throughout Asia with brutal and puzzling murders. Gaki do not drink blood as other Vampires do. Rather, they drain the essence of life by sucking the very breath and soul from their victim’s lips.
Kainites: The sons and daughters of Cain, the first murderer, carry their father’s mark; a curse by which all men know them. They are masters of mind control and have slithered into positions of power in every major empire the world has ever known. Kainites are shadowy masters of the modern age, guiding human development and decadence to best fit their own perverse agendas. Though they are not so brazen as to take prestigious positions of power that would risk exposing their true natures, Kainites are clever manipulators who build empires of their own and position those loyal to their cause in key places in order to maintain their livelihood in vast, intricate conspiracies.
Nosferatu: Monstrous in appearance and deed, the Nosferatu are a sight to be feared. Their twisted bodies and horrible features fill mortals who see them with dread. More so than any other Clan, the Nosferatu are solitary hunters, preferring to reside in the sewers and back alleys of major cities and preying on the homeless or unwary who wander into their domains. It is said that the Nosferatu are the misshapen spawn of Elizabeth Bathory, a fiend who bathed in the blood of virgins in a vain bid to stay young and was cursed after death for her wicked deeds. Though there seems to be records indicating that the Nosferatu precede the bloody queen by centuries, the rumors persist.
Oroboros: The Oroboros often take positions of religious authority either out of a perverse enjoyment of blasphemy or a desire to control a gullible flock of sheep as a readily available food source. They are masters of deception and illusion, capable of performing miracles that aren’t miracles at all. The Oroboros are descended from Longinos, a Roman soldier upon whose lips a drop of blood fell as he pierced the Christ’s side. They were active at the height of Rome and, when the Empire fell, endured in the form of the Roman Catholic Church…in which they are still quite active (though other religions are not exempt from their influence and infiltration). They embrace (and thus damn) the faithful out of a twisted desire to save them from a mortal state of sin and exalt them into a higher state of being.
Sons of Tset: The Sons of Tset find their origins in ancient Egypt. According to oral traditions, a cult of priests dedicated to the worship of Seth (or Tset as he is also known), the god of pure evil and chaos, were “blessed” by their god with infernal powers and an unending thirst for blood. Tset passed his fondness for turmoil down to his progeny and the Sons of Tset are currently active in Middle Eastern shadows, sewing discord in an already volatile region. Many Sons of Tset are government officials, oil barons, and the heads of radical terrorist organizations.
Striga: Witches of the New World, the Striga are a Clan of all female Vampires who practice strange magic and worship nature in isolated wilderness areas that skirt the edges of civilized society. Though it is possible for males to become Striga, tradition dictates that only women should ever be embraced as men are inferior in every sense. The myths of Greco-Roman antiquity called them Harpies, Sirens, and Amazons. The Colonists of the New World ruthlessly hunted and burned them as Witches (murdering more of their own kind than genuine Striga in the mass hysteria). Tonight, the Striga remain as reclusive as ever, preferring to dwell in the feral wilderness or very near to it rather than inhabit the cities of men like other Vampire do. It is said that the Striga are daughters of Lilith, Adam’s apocryphal first wife and the mother of witchcraft.

The Restless Dead


There is no way of knowing for sure what happens after death. Science can tell us that our biological functions cease; our hearts stop beating, our lungs stop breathing, and our brains stop sending and receiving neural signals. But what happens to our minds? Our consciousness? Our souls? Speculation on the hereafter is the domain of religions which postulate that lives characterized by good, righteous actions will lead to reward after death...and that the cruel and selfish will be punished. But no hard evidence can say for sure what lies beyond the light at the end of the tunnel. What science can tell us is that matter and, more importantly, energy can never be created or destroyed; it can only change forms. So what of the energy that comprises our neural impulses, undulates throughout our bodies, and animates this otherwise lifeless husk? Furthermore, is it simply higher cerebral cortex functions which make us human, which give us a sense of individuality and person? It is widely believed that those things which cause us to feel and act not as animals, but as human beings carries on after death in one form or another; that the energy which composes our souls lives on long after our mortality catches up to us. According to a recent Gallup Poll, over a third of Americans believe in ghosts. Even the oldest written work of literature, The Epic of Gilgamesh makes reference to them as does the folklore of every culture on the planet.

If any of this is true, then in what form do our souls carry on? Do they remain on this plane of existence or transcend to a place of pure thought, energy, and emotional hyperbole? Can a spirit become trapped due to some great trauma that lingers beyond death? Furthermore, can they be contacted or reasoned with? Do they have an agenda of any sort? Are there other spirits out there which were never human?

Based on the available data, there seems to be two types of hauntings; active and residual. A residual haunting is one where the events surrounding the death of the spirit or spirits involved replays itself over and over again at regular intervals, often nightly or on the anniversary of the event in question. The participants of a residual haunting are, most likely, not the actual spirits of the departed. They cannot be distracted, bothered, or interacted with. Rather, the players in these tragedies are merely reflections in a pale mirror; images captured on the film of eldritch reality. A particularly tragic, traumatic, or violent event is most often responsible for this kind of scenario. Its easiest to think of residual hauntings like a scar on the temporal fabric of the location where they occur. Active hauntings, on the other hand, have thinking, feeling participants who usually have an agenda of their own, be it benign or malicious. Though, in most cases, human spirits are responsible, there have been dangerous cases where an inhuman spirit was involved in a haunting. These poltergeists are cruel, violent, dangerous, and seem more willing to show themselves than the oft reclusive spirits of departed humans. However, it is often initially difficult to tell whether the spirits involved in an active haunting are human or inhuman (or in rare cases, both).

Since ghosts haven't the frailties or limitations of the human condition, they can exist for a very long time. But what creates a ghost? And what keeps some anchored to the physical plane of existence while others pass on into the unknown? A particularly violent, tragic, or sudden death combined with a powerful attachment to a person, place, or goal can serve as an anchor for the conscious energies which comprise a spirit's being. That which keeps a spirit tied to the material realm is referred to in paranormal circles as a Fetter. Once a fetter is resolved (or destroyed), the spirit will pass on to whatever afterlife awaits them. There are stories of murder victims subtly guiding police investigators towards justice or ghosts leaving clues that lead to their unceremoniously discarded remains who cease haunting once given a proper burial. A ghost's creation and reason for existing are both found in his Fetter...and whether it takes weeks, years, or centuries, he will remain trapped in the material realm as a mere shadow until this anchor has been weighed. It is important for a ghost to resolve his passions in a timely fashion...for those who linger too long as shadows slowly begin to lose their sanity and humanity, becoming insane, bipolar, disturbing, and dangerous entities which warrant fear.

All spirits are creatures of almost pure emotion. Without a brain to act as a mooring of logic and reason, they exist solely in the emotional realm and filter everything through their unbridled feelings. Not only are they driven by their passions, but ghosts feed on the passions of others. Whether these are feelings of grief, anger, happiness, or fear is irrelevant; spirits grow strong when fed by the strong emotions of the living. Thus, they seek to stir these emotions by causing trouble, making frightening appearances, or giving their loved ones assurance and peace. It is for this reason that many of the restless dead prefer to inhabit cemeteries, burial grounds, and other memorials to the departed; the strong emotions of mourners provide them with sustenance during the day and there's no one around to bother them at night. Of course, the dead do not require these emotions to survive; they have passed beyond death. Rather, the offerings of human emotion provide them with power of a sort; currency in which their Fetter may find purchase. Becoming visible, manipulating physical objects, creating sounds and smells, and even possessing the bodies of the living are taxing endeavors for a spirit. In order to achieve these supernatural feats, a spirit must obtain and carefully conserve the energy provided by strong human emotions; the reason most hauntings are active at night is purely due to the fact that manifesting in the absence of sun requires significantly less power.

The Living Dead


Not all who die remain dead. Even those whose spirits depart into the ethereal planes may yet walk again among the living. These walking corpses are known by many names; revenants, ghouls, undead…but most commonly, they are referred to as Zombies. According to popular fiction, Zombies are shambling husks of the once living who exist only to feast on the flesh of the living. They travel in packs, lumbering about aimlessly until they happen upon a living victim, whom they fall upon with zealous hunger. In some stories, anyone killed by a Zombie will return as a member of the undead themselves, causing the Zombie horde to grow exponentially in a span of just a few days. Stories about Zombies have been told time and again in movies, books, and games, making the truth about the undead difficult to distinguish from fiction; and as any researcher of the paranormal quickly discovers, truth is always stranger than fiction.

Zombies have been around since the beginning of the world in some form or fashion. The earliest recorded instance of a Zombie horde wreaking havoc upon an unsuspecting community was in 303 BC, in Mesopotamia. The latest disaster occurred on a small island in Indonesia on April 1st, 1997 (the day the Hale-Bop comet passed over earth). Given the dates on which Zombie uprisings have rarely, but historically occurred, one must assume that cosmic events which create convergences of Ley Lines on earth are responsible for a number of mass resurrections. In such scenarios, the dead haunt the living as slow-moving, volatile wracks of flesh which return to their deathly state after a certain amount of time has passed, typically 2-4 days, a week at most. The dead who are laid to rest in places where Ley Lines naturally intersect are also subject to partial, involuntary resurrection. Such Zombies usually perish once more after wandering a significant distance (upwards of 50 miles) from their burial grounds, though there have been instances where a Zombie was free to travel absurd distances, ceasing its rampage only once it was destroyed.

The undead created by cosmic events and Ley Line alignments are very different from those Zombies created via infection. Where naturally-occurring Zombies are slow-moving, dull, and easily dispatched, there exists a disease known as the Z Virus which causes infected hosts to die and return as fast, cunning, and vicious abominations with a bottomless hunger for living flesh. It is unknown whether the Z Virus (also known as Necrovirus) is a rare, naturally occurring disease or was artificially engineered (research into an inoculation seems to indicate the latter). It was discovered first in the African Congo in 1971. A group of scientists were set upon by a host of infected primates and escaped only to spread the disease further. Though the first outbreak was contained by burning that section of the jungle to the ground, the disease has surfaced in isolated pockets throughout the world, each outbreak being contained by local governments with a complete quarantine and destruction of the infected area. The Z Virus spreads rapidly as its hosts seem concerned only with spreading the virus, using group tactics as well as their remarkably heightened speed, strength, and devilish cunning to corner and infect prey. The disease is spread through the blood and even a single scratch or bite from an infected individual has a 99.99% chance of causing infection and the mortality rate of the virus is 100% (symptoms set in after an hour with the victim dying and returning as undead within 24 hours). There is no cure for Necrovirus and all attempts to create a vaccine have ended with test subjects becoming infected.

Certain magical rites exist which can reanimate a deceased corpse, turning it into a soulless shell capable only of serving the necromancer who created it. These rites are considered the blackest of magic, practiced only by truly depraved individuals. Such magics are widely known in voodoo circles. In fact, the first Zombies to come to public attention were those resurrected by Haitian priests in the Afro-Caribbean culture of Louisiana and the Caribbean islands. Priests familiar with these rites raise Zombies with traits similar to those created by Ley Lines and cosmic events, using their command over these undead to perform hard labor (such as working the sugar cane fields), act as bodyguards, or simply inspire terror in the local population. It is believed by those who research black magic that the voodoo priests are only scratching the surface of necromancy; dark and forbidden tomes of magic seem to indicate that the soul and flesh are infinitely malleable. Those with a perverse enough mind to understand the black arts have created intelligent, thinking Zombies, sewn mismatched human and animal parts together, and created undead endowed with great spiritual powers; servants with enough strength to make the Necromancer a god among the living and the dead.

Though necromancy may have been practiced most famously among voodoo priests, they certainly are not the first nor were they the most skilled in the art. The ancient Egyptian embalmers practiced a form of necromancy which would allow the dead to return to life under certain conditions. Great pharaohs, magicians, and wealthy nobles were given the power to become immortal; to pass beyond death by ancient rites which are contained within a lost volume of magic known as the Book of the Dead. Though the Book of the Dead was removed from its holy site when the country fell under Greek rule in 332 BC, scattered pages of the book can be found in arcane libraries throughout the world (indeed a page from the Book of the Dead is one of the rarest and most valuable artifacts a library can possess). According to the fragmented notes offered by the book, a mummy can return to life if a certain incantation is read aloud inside or even near to its tomb (the incantations are different for each individual mummy and finding the necessary lost pages from the Book of the Dead is no mean feat). The mummy will reanimate as a ghastly corpse with otherworldly powers, becoming whole again as reclaims its internal organs and the souls of those who awakened it. Once the mummy has reconstituted itself, it will become an immortal with phenomenal magical powers over the elements and the dead. Fortunately, no mummy has ever attained this state, though some have come close. Strangely enough, mummies and equally sparse native versions of the Book of the Dead have been found in China, Chile, and southern Peru as well.

On rare occasion, an individual may die before his allotted time has come. In cases where his destiny is incomplete and fate decrees that there is still something left for this individual to accomplish, he will rise to life once again not as a man, but as a Zombie. Such people are exceedingly rare and are destined either to set events in motion or accomplish great things themselves. Once their task has been complete, they may return to their eternal rest. Unlike the truly undead, these Zombies retain all their human intelligence, resourcefulness, and talents but only shattered remnants of their living memories. To further complicate matters, fate does not see fit to endow these Zombies with any sense of the task for which they have been returned to life and the gnawing hunger for living flesh that characterizes other less intelligent Zombies plagues these tragic souls as well. Though not truly immortal, these living dead are incredibly durable, able to withstand and recover from grievous injuries until their life’s task has been completed.

Conspiracy Theories

“Secrecy is the beginning of tyranny.”
Robert A. Heinlein

The infiltration of human institutions by supernatural forces has led to a number of conspiracies throughout man’s long and storied history. There is paranormal significance behind many of the world’s greatest historical movements; the American Revolution, the moon landing, and World War II, to name a few. However, supernatural forces are not the only source of clandestine plots; secret groups of influential people motivated by misanthropy, greed, or misguided altruism influence the course of world events, writing history to suit their own esoteric ends. Subversive elements within the most powerful governments, corporations, and banking firms worldwide have hidden much from the eyes of the ignorant public. Those who cry foul and speak against these covert operations which seem obvious to their awakened eyes find themselves the objects of public ridicule, labeled as paranoid conspiracy nuts…at worst, they end up dead, assassinated by the veiled conspirators they cry out against. Yet there is more validity to their claims than even the most informed among their half-mad number could ever guess.

The Priory of Scion is a pseudo-religious institution born from within the Roman-Catholic church which wishes to supplant the rule of nations with the world domination of the Merovingian; a direct descendent of Jesus Christ. This “second coming” is the singular goal to which the Priory of Scion is ruthlessly devoted. The Priory maintains that Jesus had a child with Mary Magdalene, a fact which has been suppressed and struck from the scriptures by the Church. This order of zealots believes that Mary Magdalene escaped to southern France with Joseph of Aramethia and gave birth to the Merovingian dynasty which ruled from the 500s to the 700s. After the fall of the Merovingian dynasty, it was thought that the last heirs to Christ’s throne were lost and so the Priory of Scion was established to search for any remaining heirs – the Holy Grail, as it were. It was for this purpose that the first Crusades were undertaken (some say that a Merovingian actually led the first Crusade to reclaim the throne of Jerusalem). While searching for the Scion is their primary goal, the Priory is also dedicated to the subversive conquest of the world, which the Merovingian will eventually rule. The Illuminati are an organization born from and submissive to the Priory of Scion (though some recent members of the Illuminati are directly opposed to governance by the Priory). While the power of the Illuminati is primarily institutional, the power of the Priory of Scion is mainly economic; their control over financial institutions is unmatched and they have the power to crush nations beneath the weight of economic collapse. It is speculated among conspiracy theorists that the many symbols on the United States dollar are directly related to the Priory of Scion and all those organizations born from it.

A secret organization consisting of the most wealthy and powerful politicians, bankers, and CEOs on the planet has been working to achieve clandestine conquest of the world since the late 18th century. Known as the Illuminati, this alliance has agents working in every major branch of government throughout the entire world. They find their origins as an off-shoot of the Priory of Scion established to work towards the subversion of governments while the Priory remained in control of international finance. Their influence and wealth have no limit and they operate without hesitation, remorse, or mercy. Though a number of supernatural entities have penetrated the organization throughout the years, the Illuminati remain surprisingly free of paranormal influence. Theirs is an almost exclusively human brotherhood, run by top-ranking politicians and businessmen with infinite fiscal and human resources at their disposal. Unlike the Priory of Scion, the Illuminati are driven solely by human greed and a perverted desire for social justice through tyranny. They are responsible for a number of seditious actions against the people and democratic governments of the world. Their most successful endeavor to date has been the poisoning of water supplies with fluoride (an action local governments are convinced improves the health of their territories), a chemical which makes the human brain more susceptible to subliminal influence broadcast beneath television and radio frequencies. The vast majority of first world countries have been brainwashed by this plan without even realizing it. In recent events, they have been responsible for 9/11, the war on terror, and the following war in Iraq.

The final direct off-shoot of the Priory of Scion is another secret society known as the Rosicrucian Order, a sect of mystics and witch hunters ordained to infiltrate and undermine the supernatural powers of the world. The Priory recognized long ago that human government was not the only force on Earth that must become servant to Christ’s lineage; even the angels and devils must fall to their knees in worship. It was for this purpose that the Rosicrucian Order was established. Consisting primarily of mages, psychics, and those with the second sight, the Order is dedicated to hunting down supernatural orders of beings; cadres of Vampires, covens of witches, and nests of demons to either exterminate them or coerce them into throwing in their lot with the Order’s cause. Granted, their work is perhaps the most dangerous and secret of all the Priory’s branches, but the Rosicrucians are the most dedicated to the cause of the Priory and, unlike the Illuminati, offer nothing less than their fanatical devotion to the conquest of the invisible world. They have little to do with human affairs, infiltrating local governments solely for the purpose of espionage; locating and covering up the incidents regarding supernatural beings is their extent of their involvement with the media and governing authorities. Some sects of Rosicrucians have even managed to convert some supernaturals to their cause and work in tandem with the ghosts of former believers, penitent Vampires, and even demons kept on a tight leash by way of relics and charms.

Lastly, there are the Freemasons, distantly related to the Priory of Scion by way of the Rosicrucians. Though they publicly claim to be a charitable fraternal organization, the true Masons are concerned not with building a better world, but with controlling the world through the use of Ley Lines. With the Priory and Illuminati controlling international law and finance, the Rosicrucian Order conquering the invisible world, all that remains to fall at the feet of Christ’s heir is the natural world; the beasts of the earth, the birds of the air, the fish of the sea, field, flood, rocks, hills, and plains. By constructing temples to harness and manipulate important Ley Lines, the Freemasons hope to bring the force of the Earth itself to bear against the enemies of their order. Often their temples are disguised as sky-scrapers at the heart of a major city (which often serve as the headquarters of their fraternal brothers in the Illuminati or Priory). In fact, many major cities across the world have been laid out in arcane patterns and geometric designs in order to properly direct all the city’s energy towards the central temple; the White House of Washington DC, the Empire State Building in New York City, and Burj Dubai in Dubai (United Arab Emirates) to name a few. The Freemasons are responsible for such feats of engineering and while not as secretive (at least not in their lower echelons) or politically influential as associated secret societies, their task of subjugating the natural world for the coming Christ is just as important as the political infrastructure being laid down by their brethren in the Prior and Illuminati.

An expanse of empty desert near Roswell, New Mexico was the site of an alien crash landing. Now recognized as a Zeta Reticulan vessel, the craft and its former occupants were analyzed, autopsied, and carefully catalogued by a branch of the United States government now known as the DPID (Department of Paranormal Investigations and Defense - or the Deep End) before the sloppy cover-up and destruction of the alien materials. Since then, the DPID has been involved in a number of cover-ups involving a number of supernatural entities. Their agents (often confused with Men in Black due to their similar habit of dressing in non-descript black suits and traveling in black, unmarked automobiles and helicopters) practice hypnosis, psychic and otherwise, to erase the memories of those who have been involved in paranormal incidents. They exist not only to defend humanity from the threat posed by certain supernaturals, but to keep civil order by withholding information which could upset the easily frightened, reactionary, and unfortunately unintelligent population. Within the upper ranks of the US government, knowledge of the DPID is classified above top secret – only the President and a handful of high-ranking military personnel are privy to awareness of their existence, let alone the specifics of their day-to-day operations.

On July 20th, 1969, a broadcast was sent out across the United States depicting astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landing on the lunar surface. This broadcast was a fake, shot in a studio for the sake of the American public. The real moon landing occurred several weeks prior, manned by two unnamed astronauts whose names will never be made public knowledge. Though the stated goal of the space race was to beat the Russians to the moon, those behind the push were less interested in the humanitarian effort and more concerned with searching for an artifact of great power which had long been buried on the dark side of the moon’s surface. The true goal of the Apollo missions was to locate and return this mysterious object to Earth. Ancient texts uncovered within a series of inhuman ruins found in North Dakota’s Black Hills had provided DPID researchers with clues as to the artifact’s location and powers, but did not make any reference as to its basic nature. What the Apollo mission uncovered on the dark side of the moon was at once both wondrous and horrifying; waiting for them in the darkness of the bleak lunar surface was the crypt of an alien god. These remains were taken back to Earth on December 7th, 1972, with Apollo 17, the final manned mission to the moon. The alien god’s petrified body is currently stationed in an underground research facility located (somewhat ironically) near Roswell, New Mexico, and Area 51 where it’s phenomenal properties (particularly its ability to cause madness to any nearby human, control minds, change the fundamental properties of matter, suspend physical laws, and bring the dead back to life) are still being researched. The body is of great interest to the Alpha Draconians who desire its power above all else (and have successfully breached the facility’s security several times) and the Zeta Reticulans who wish to study it in ways human beings can only imagine. Strangely enough, the Men in Black seem more interested in guarding the facility and its research from interference, counteracting the efforts of alien forces to penetrate the laboratory and covertly assisting researchers unlock the body’s unique properties when they hit the limits of their finite human understanding.

As the world’s largest and most high-energy particle accelerator complex, the Large Hadron Collider is the buzz of the current scientific community, who believe that experiments involving the use of the complex will provide crucial missing links in the standard model of particle physics and offer vital clues as to the origin of the universe. While the scientific implications of the Collider are indeed exciting, the true use of the device, as designed by its Alpha Draconian architects, is far more heinous. True, the Large Hadron Collider will give scientists the understanding they search for once completed…but that is precisely what makes it such an effective Trojan horse, for within the Collider sleeps the potential to completely destroy the solar system if ever the machine is needed for such a purpose. The Thubans built the Collider (or rather gifted an international scientific collective with the means and desire to build it for them) as a weapon of last resort. Their intention is to open a small black hole which will consume Earth and its surrounding planets if ever their numbers are significantly depleted, their true nature is exposed, or conquest of the planet becomes otherwise impossible; if they can’t have it, no one will. The Large Hadron Collider has already been built and activated towards its stated purpose. All the Alpha Draconians need now is the slightest provocation to wipe existence from this corner of the universe.

The research the famed “mad scientist”, Nikola Tesla, conducted in his isolated laboratory in Colorado Springs was seized by the US Government towards the end of the man’s life. In the years since his death, government scientists have struggled to make sense of the disjointed, abstract theories, schematics, and supposedly successful experiments that had been conducted while Tesla was alive. He had made wild claims about the ability to provide free energy for all of mankind, create impenetrable barriers which made war obsolete, and, most interesting to the Department of Defense, fire incredible blasts of raw energy several times more powerful than a nuclear bomb to any point on Earth instantaneously. The fruit of the government’s labor deciphering and translating Tesla’s research into a practical application is the HAARP Array, a vast field of high-powered antennas located in a remote facility in the Alaskan wilderness. By affecting the planet’s Ionosphere, the Array is capable of completely blocking all global communications, altering the weather to precise specifications, causing pin-pointed earthquakes of any intensity, and, true to Tesla’s claims, producing a controlled air-to-ground burst of plasma anywhere on Earth with a hundred times more power than the most destructive nuclear weapon in existence. Though the HAARP Array is not yet fully functional, it is only a matter of time before this weapon is firmly in the hands of the US Government…and all the morally bankrupt conspirators bent on world domination which lurk within the bureaucracy.