“May almighty God bless you, the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit” utters Father Albright, the final words of evening Mass. As the congregation exits from the old doors of Jesuit Church and the people return to their houses to sleep, a crescent moon rises high in the summer sky.
Dawn breaks over the tiny town of Lucerne. The beautiful sun gleams off the ripples of the lake, but the usually festive town is strangely downtrodden. For the past few weeks, strange things had been happening. Several of the farmers’ cattle have tipped and died during the night. Much of the stock of Lake Lucerne’s fish stock has declined of late, and many of the swan pairs have migrated away from the city center. One of the hikers climbing Mt. Pilatus stepped on a loose stone and triggered a rock slide that left him paralyzed. This morning, however, is the worst yet. As the sun rises over the Alps, you are awoken by a scream. Father Albright is found in a lump at the bottom of the Jesuit Church, his face is frozen in horror as if he’d seen the devil. Fear drops like a blanket on the town, as you realize the evil that is among you. You slowly look around at your friends and neighbors, not knowing who has succumbed to the will of Lucifer. You must seek out the sinners, and slaughter them all, before they corrupt you.
The Bishop quickly send’s out his errand boy to Rome to seek the council of the Pope. Alarmed at this startling string of events, the Pope alerts his aides that he is to depart immediately for Lucerne to settle this, and steals away. By the time he has returned to the city, it is clear that the evildoers must be banished.
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