The Ember Lights

  Author's Note: I just wanted to say for this chapter there is a character here that is based on from a Lovecraftian graphic novel series by Michael Alan Nelson called 'The Fall of Cthulhu' is a great comic series so I highly recommend it. In his story is a character who lives in the dreamlands known as 'The Harlot' she is not a creation of Lovecraft but a creation of Nelson's and she is a brilliant character, she's complex in that she doesn't have a goal for either the humans or the old ones, the goal must suit her and will help people out in need but it always comes with some sort of price something either physical or emotional. With loving this character so much I wanted to put the Harlot in my story but obviously without infringing on copy right the character that I have put in this chapter is a homage to Nelson's but with some changes of my own, I just felt that this character in what ever form needed to be recognised esp...

The House of the Old Ones Across the floor many pools of blood had covered most of the floor, the bodies of the congregation were scattered some were sat in the pews whilst the rest were sprawled across the ground. The shiny black brogue shoes stepped in the blood as Blackman wandered amongst the dead walking past the hounds as they feasted tearing away at the corpses growling with predatory delight, Blackman saw Lady Garvel kneeling at the alter her head bowed and reciting a prayer. Blackman stood behind Garvel he put his hands together and waited politely as Garvel finished her prayer, Blackman spoke “I apologise that it had to come to this but sadly certain factors required me to use your congregation to finish what we started” Garvel lowered her hands “I understand, I’m honoured to give the house to the dark beings of the void” Blackman stepped in front of her “You gave a lot to begin this awakening are you sure that you wish to give yourself fully too them” Garvel smiled stroking ...

WARNING Despite the elements of horror and gore in this story, I want to warn readers that this chapter of R'lyeh contains depictions of sexual assault and abuse which some people may find upsetting. Mining Sector It didn’t take long to reach the mining sector the large elevator at the entrance was a short ride that took them down to equipment preparation, the elevator door opened revealing the sector here is was a much different atmosphere and appearance to the rest of the station above, here it was darker with less lighting and the wall panels had segmented plates that were used to help airflow into the sector, since it was a place that got hot from the machinery working in the ore processing plant. Kara checked the map on her pad “If we head forward then we will reached a walkway that will lead us above the processing plant, after that there is a service elevator down into the quarry”, they moved through preparation which had multiple stalls for workers to change into their mini...

The House of the Old Ones Lady Garvel wandered through the mass of her followers, she wasn’t upset that the newcomers had fled she actually smiled non-believers meant more blood for the sacrifice and more strength to the Star Spawn. She approached the alter of her church “No fear my children, the power of the void shall grant us the thing we need to deal with these newcomers” she knelt down on the ground on the centre of the symbol and began chanting “Nog nyth'drnn ot r'luhhor!” Garvel held out her arms moving her hands in rotations as she continued to mutter the ancient words “Hup nog n'ghftnahh, uh'enythh ot n'ghftog, ph' ch'nglui'ahog nnn'drnogg ot syha'h uh'enythh ot Tindalos” she stopped chanting and everything fell silent, the congregation didn’t move they knew what was coming. In the corner of the room behind Garvel a swirling black mist began to form, black tendrils like dead roots began growing partially up the wall, the blind priest...