>>5938015>>5938021>>5938079>>5938104The angel, referring to himself properly as an archon, explains that there are vast realms and conflicts beyond the scale of mortal understanding; entire planes of existence that stand in opposition to one another. A constant conflict between every conceivable faction and sub-faction, a network of interconnected battles involving ancient alliances and enemies continually unfolding. Immortals of every kind, be they celestials, demons, devils, elementals, the fey, the shadow, and eldritch beings are locked in an eternal struggle, and every now and again, entities which do not belong upon the mortal plane find their way here.
Such is the case with this particular evil, a darkness for which they have no name. Taking the form of a writhing mass of black and dark tentacles, this aberration like all others of its kind seeks to corrupt the minds of mortals, often slowly and over the course of several generations. Such creatures are from the far-realm, the place-between-places, the blind eternities. A colony, if it can be called, has been spreading in the darkness between the stars and this archon has been tasked with slaying them. He is a creature of absolute, unwavering and implacable justice, answering to laws higher than those of mortal men and women.
He knows that a shard of this evil has found its way here and taken root, either within a place or a person. It has done a fantastic job of cloaking itself and spreading its influence, for its taint is everywhere, making his job difficult. He has indeed slain several people in the pursuit of the evil, but none of them were the host, which is leading him to believe that it is not rooted in a person but rather a place.
As such, he has begun to demand of the people in this region where the evil is, and those who resist he tortures and sometimes kills. The lives of but a few mortals are a small price to pay to bring a creature such as this to its rightful end. If left to fester upon this plane, it will spread, much like its kind are attempting to spread in the astral sea, kept in check only by dutiful servants of righteous powers such as he.
If you do not have a solution to finding the evil, he will continue to interrogate people who bear the taint of it, even if he must scour this entire community from the face of the plane.
How do we respond?
