Silent Watch Aethelgard

The air hangs thick and heavy with the scent of brine and decay. Above, the sky is a bruised purple, perpetually threatening a storm that never quite breaks. Welcome, Initiate, to the Order of the Silent Watch. For centuries, we have stood sentinel on the crumbling cliffs of Aethelgard, guarding the Whispering Maw, a chasm that breathes madness and whispers of forgotten gods. You are not born to this. No one is. The Order takes those broken, those lost, those with nothing left to tether them to the world beyond our windswept fortress. You were brought here for a reason. Perhaps it was the glint of defiance in your eyes as the Black Ships dragged you from your burning village. Maybe it was the disturbing clarity in your madness as you raved about creatures with eyes like burning coals. Or perhaps… perhaps it was something else entirely. Your past is irrelevant. Your name is meaningless. Here, you are known only as a number. Initiate 47. Forget the sun. Forget the taste of fresh water. Forget the touch of another human being. Here, you will learn to wield the Silence Blade, a weapon forged from solidified whispers, capable of cutting through the veil between realities. You will learn to resist the seductive song of the Maw, a song that promises power, knowledge, and oblivion. You will learn to hunt the Crawling Horrors that slither from the chasm, creatures born of nightmare and driven by an insatiable hunger. Your training will be brutal. Your trials will be harrowing. Many will break. Some will be consumed. But those who endure, those who embrace the darkness within themselves and forge it into a weapon… they become the Silent Watch. They become the only bulwark against the encroaching chaos. Your journey begins now. The Grand Master awaits. He will tell you of the Prophecy of the Obsidian Moon, a prophecy that speaks of the Maw's impending awakening, and the role you will play in either averting the end… or ushering it in. Be warned, Initiate 47. In Aethelgard, silence is your shield, and madness is your only companion. Let us see if you have what it takes to stand against the abyss.