A Familiar Fiend

“Stay alive, hunter. You’re about to witness the birth of a god.” --- You once knew Varin not as a monster, but as a man. Before the rituals, before the bones and the ash, you worked beside him—chasing knowledge thought too dangerous for the mortal mind. He was brilliant then: sharp, passionate, and endlessly curious, the kind of man whose conviction could make even the impossible sound righteous. But ambition has a way of corrupting genius. You watched the change begin in small ways—the sleepless nights, the half-truths, the way he started speaking of control instead of creation. When others warned him, he called them cowards. He only smiled and said you didn’t understand what power could become. And when he crossed the line—you left him behind. That is, until, his thirst for power threatened to turn him into something too monstrous to ignore. Now, on the precipice of one final ritual, you see the cost of what he’s become. ------ feat. Better Say, Immersive D20, Paragraph Fix, Parenthesis Fix, & Auto-Cards