EMPIRE OF HATRED

in principio erat Verbum et Verbum erat apud Deum et Deus erat Verbum

The holy emperor to the east hears the cry of his most distant subjects, the infidels and pagans at the frontiers of his divine empire. Plague wracks their lands, and beasts spill forth from the west. The holy emperor promises security and peace. In turn, he demands but one offering: their faith.

hoc erat in principio apud Deum

A black metal hexcrawl adventure beyond the frontier of the holy empire, some 300 keyed locations. Should you survive the journey west, no good thing awaits, only cruelty, madness, and the divine secrets of the heavens. Written for MÖRK BORG, including content from FERETORY and HERETIC.

omnia per ipsum facta sunt et sine ipso factum est nihil quod factum est

Available in print at Space Penguin Ink. 

in ipso vita erat et vita erat lux hominum

Content warnings: body horror; cannibalism; disease; gore; insects and arachnids; religious persecution; consensual sexual content, including with monsters; starvation; suicide and self-harm; torture; and violence, including against children and animals. 

et lux in tenebris lucet et tenebrae eam non conprehenderunt

Graphic design and translation from the original Koine Greek by Sam Sorensen. 
Editing by Jarrett Crader. 
Cover body painting by Tash Kouri.
Cover photography by Lee McGirr.

 fuit homo missus a Deo cui nomen erat Iohannes

48 page PDF, black & white interiors, 5.5" x 8.5". Bookmarked and hyperlinked. 

non erat ille lux sed ut testimonium perhiberet de lumine

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erat lux vera quae inluminat omnem hominem venientem in mundum