Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem

LeGrasse:
No, we couldn't check dental records... there's no head.

Dr. Maximillian Roivas:
I tried... I tried to tell them... But they wouldn't listen to me... Damn them... DAMN THEIR EYES! They didn't believe me... Strange creatures... The world in peril from unseen foes... The death... THE DARKNESS! Instead they jeered and threw me into this forsaken place... A place of empty souls and fevered thoughts... reeking of foetor and decay! Thinking me mad with delirium!

Dr. Maximillian Roivas:
The fools cast away their hopes of salvation by locking me in this damned asylum! MAY THE RATS EAT YOUR EYES! I am now lost to your cause!

Dr. Maximillian Roivas:
The Darkness comes! It will damn us all!

Chandra:
Karim... We will be together forever...

Karim, Guard:
Chandra?

Karim, Guard:
What... What happened to you?

Chandra:
Things change, my dear Karim... But even though my body is ravaged, I await you...

Karim, Guard:
Who did this to you?

Chandra:
You were gone so long... I... gave myself to a nobleman with a jealous mistress. She had me dragged from my bed, and in cruel revenge, flensed with knives!

Chandra:
As the last blades were drawn across my body, and my blood cooled upon the floor, she cursed that I would only be with another in death...

Karim, Guard:
So much for thinking only of me! I should never have left...

Chandra:
I have seen my folly, and have paid dearly for it. I see so much more, now. In death, I know the true value of the artifact I asked you to find, and it is not for us to possess. If we are to be together again, you must make a sacrifice. Only when that is complete will we be together.

Karim, Guard:
Sacrifice? Why should I do ANYTHING for you? You LIED to me! BETRAYED me! And you really don't look so good anymore...

Chandra:
You must forget the past. Despite who you are now, you will also become something more, just as I have. But the sacrifice must be made. We must remain here and guard the artifact. Dark things will come to claim it and you must be strong to keep it from them. Without your sacrifice, the world will fall into eternal darkness!

Karim, Guard:
Hmph... The things I do for love...

Pious Augustus:
You too will come to understand fear, as I have.

Dr. Edwin Lindsey:
This... can't... be... happening!

Ms. Alexandra Roivas:
Help me, grandpa... I can't take this anymore...

Ms. Alexandra Roivas:
You kept all this from me! You kept me alone! Shared nothing with me!

Ms. Alexandra Roivas:
Where emptiness had been, new knowledge now seeped inside. Something happened then... I realized I was not the only one, that there were many others like me. In other places, other universes, fighting the same fight, all to serve the needs of the Great Ancient, and to have my world spared from Eternal Darkness.

Pious Augustus:
The Darkness is not so easily destroyed!

Pious Augustus:
No! My death is just the beginning!

Ms. Alexandra Roivas:
What have I done?

Ms. Alexandra Roivas:
There was something more, like a hole being opened in my mind, disguising the thoughts there... I can almost see it... I have a strong ally, but where? I must look to the future. My work is not yet done...

Ms. Alexandra Roivas:
As I gazed up at the Ancient I had brought in this world to stop Pious, my mistake was made clear. This Ancient could lay waste to the world, just as easily as Pious' could have. And yet, as quickly as it began, it ended... To think that once I could not see beyond the veil of reality, to see those who dwell behind... I was once a fool...

Pious Augustus:
Aeons have passed since then, and I have learned much. All at once I understood. The forces of the multiverse all made sense, under the transcending power of Ulyaoth. No mountain too high. No city too far. Face me and you shall surely perish!

Pious Augustus:
Aeons have passed since then, and I have learned much. I was once as naive as a child, but now my mind is sharp. With the power of Xel'lotath, I can now read the thoughts of others, and make them raving mad with a mere suggestion. Face me and you shall surely perish!

Pious Augustus:
Aeons have passed since then, and I have learned much. Chattur'gha's power filled me, invigorating my dead body. With a touch, I could level buildings, rend the ground asunder, and channel power such as mortal men could only dream. Face me and you shall surely perish!

Pious Augustus:
Fool!

Pious Augustus:
I spit at thee! The Darkness shall be eternal!

Pious Augustus:
To think that once I could not see beyond the veil of our reality... to see those who dwell behind. My life now has purpose, for I have learned the frailty of flesh and bone... I was once a fool...

Pious Augustus:
Your prescence is welcomed, majesty. As always I am honored.

Xel'lotath:
Our dealings are a pleasure to us both, then...

Xel'lotath's second voice:
He lies...

Xel'lotath:
As do we all...

Xel'lotath's second voice:
What is this flaw you wish to discuss with us?

Pious Augustus:
My concern is with the other Ancients... Ulyaoth... Chattur'gha... Should they unite with Mantorok, they would doubtlessly possess enough power to vanquish even thee...

Xel'lotath:
As darkness abhors light, and light abhors dark. The others will not, cannot join forces!

Xel'lotath's second voice:
Mantorok will bound and the others will seep into insanity when I return...

Xel'lotath:
...as has been foretold...

Pious Augustus:
I was unaware...

Xel'lotath:
There is much you do not know...

Xel'lotath's second voice:
...and much you never will...

Xel'lotath:
Be certain to retrieve Mantorok's Essence. It is necessary to cement our place in the world.

Pious Augustus:
Then what of Charlemagne the Frank? What do you intend for him?

Xel'lotath:
The Frank is an instrument of Light. He seeks to unite Europe under his banner.

Xel'lotath's second voice:
With this in place, my Guardians would be hard-pressed to perform the functions you require...

Xel'lotath:
...for your own schemes, Pious... think of your future...

Pious Augustus:
Then Charlemagne will be removed from the picture.

Xel'lotath's second voice:
Make sure he is dead... Or... insane...

Xel'lotath:
Or perhaps one, then the other? Just make sure he is removed from power.

Pious Augustus:
Of course. He is as good as dead...

Pious Augustus:
I am the scourge of God, appointed to chastise you, since no one knows the remedy for your iniquity except me. You are wicked, but I am more wicked than you.

Pious Augustus:
You're a scholar, Doctor Lindsey - not a warrior. In that regard I have several centuries more experience than you.

Pious Augustus:
So, you are reduced to feeding on flesh and bone, Mantorok. How the mighty have fallen. You will surely fester for millennia to come. A slow torturous fate, for thee...

Pious Augustus:
You had best leave, young fool! Or you will find yourself as food for the Dead God!

Ulyaoth:
The Universe is a yawning chasm, filled with emptiness and the puerile meanderings of sentience. Why should you deserve special consideration within it, Augustus, above all else?

Pious Augustus:
I am your servant, my lord, as always! That, and nothing more.

Ulyaoth:
Yes. That, and nothing more...

Xel'lotath:
Pray to me that they don't.

Xel'lotath:
Pray to me anyway...

Pious Augustus:

I had no knowledge of what was to come. Nor did I care. How the knowledge changed me... It will also change you. As you read this, you will come to learn fear as I have. You too, will come to understand, or you will perish.