darq universe: episode #1

A loud 'crack-boom!' of lightning lights up the sky as the heaviest downpour ever to fall upon the land of the Nomads drenches the exact same spot where the iconoclasm that began this round in the game once occurred.

This violently inclement deluge is so heavy that one cannot see any further than one can spit into the horizontal winds that are now sweeping up from the salt marsh in the east. A fierce battle is taking place here once again, but those involved can barely even see each other, much less the twenty-four-year-old expectant mother that the cruel invaders have come to kill. As her clan fights bravely to repel a foe whom they never can defeat, the young mother tries to get away by ascending the forbidden stairs which lead up to the evilest idol ever to exist. Her people have been guarding this sinister despot for centuries so that nobody will ever sacrifice children to the God of primeval abortion like they used to do on religious earth. The rain is so heavy, and the girl is likewise so heavy with child that she has to crawl up the steps sideways on her hands and knees. After every few steps, however, she must pause and clutch her bulging belly and grit her teeth with each contraction, which are now only a minute apart.