http://slow.writerscafe.org/TempleUnderSiege The original writings of author CrashQueen♛ en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776031257 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 Welcome to Dark Vale. Once a normal city, it now exists as a perilous nexus between the rest of the World and a reborn Antarctica. Located amid the remnants of evacuated cities, it is a place of half-lit neighborhoods of hidden magic, of flamboyant artists and pagan motorcycle gangs. A hybrid c.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TempleUnderSiege/2927112/ My name is Cain  http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TempleUnderSiege/2927006/ Powers & AbilitiesBody Manipulation: Nemesors have the ability to change their body chemistry and physiology to the point where their skin becomes nearly impenetrable and develop superhuman speed, strength, and durability. Physically, a Nemesor can control every muscle and nerve in their body, r.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TempleUnderSiege/2900590/ Bulletproof HeartIt's the eve of a new Age of Miracles: an age where psionic savants accomplish scientific breakthroughs by speaking in tongues; where superhuman, immortal transgenics resolve problems intractable to ordinary human minds and rule over an immense cyberpunk city using vast armies of re.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TempleUnderSiege/2880799/ Two unforgettable kids �" with no families, no homes �" are running for their lives. From the moment of their births, the Chimaera have been prodded, tested, and measured by corporate scientists, by the shadowy government who monitor their every move, and even by the first gen super so.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TempleUnderSiege/2880649/ Late 21st CenturyAs the 21st Century closes, the nations of the ruined Earth are no longer its masters. Power has shifted to the corporations. Fueled by decades of mergers and acquisitions, these financial blocs now control the dying planet. No longer paying lip-service to nations, the corporation.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TempleUnderSiege/2879548/ Witches are beings who possess a brain anomaly that has imbued them with paranormal abilities. These abilities usually come with a difficult social psychology; the witches perspective is skewed by their ability, making relating to other people more difficult. Originally they were genetically-enhance.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TempleUnderSiege/2877975/ Enhancer-Serum: is an alchemical substance manufactured and used by various military organizations, criminal syndicates, and even professional athletes to bestow baseline humans with extraordinary physical abilities. Unlike the Lassarus Serum, the Enhancer Serum is a highly addictive super-steroid t.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TempleUnderSiege/2877974/ Jericho: The Last City A gargantuan megacity located next to a sea and a vast desert. A fortress city, by more official reference, its massive walls serve to keep all threats of the wilderness at bay. While the earth is coated in an unending winter, Jericho receive the poorest portion of the stor.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TempleUnderSiege/2877617/ Adding fuel to the fire, a gruesome discovery is made. An underground charnel house containing the remains of dozens of murder victims. Research reveals that a serial killer was at work in the region three centuries ago, bent on furthering his evolution by any means. When a journalist's news article.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TempleUnderSiege/2877205/ Homunculus A Homunculus is a genetically engineered, bio-enhanced person with para-physical capabilities, "composed entirely of organic substance," created for slave labor at some point in the distant past. Homunculi themselves are impressive physical specimens; they are stronger, faster, more resis.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TempleUnderSiege/2875794/ Jericho CityJericho is a gargantuan megacity located next to a sea and a vast tundra upon what was once the continent of Antarctica. Established at an unknown point in the distant past, Jericho was originally conceived as an answer to the massive overcrowding plaguing the cities of the world. Origin.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TempleUnderSiege/2873784/ OverviewThe Immortalus are a highly evolved carnivorous and cannibalistic humanoid species of superhuman metamorphs, arising from and are very similar to normal humans. However, despite any similarities, they are barely human at all. The main differences being their inner biology, mentality, and die.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TempleUnderSiege/2873044/ OverviewIn the 24th century, a meteorite made of an alien element landed in the heart of the Bering Sea, greatly affecting the surrounding flora. The element severely impacted the environment, enriching the soil and plant life. Now called Elseworld by its inhabitants(and officially designated as the.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TempleUnderSiege/2870042/ The God Machine, Beyond the God Wall, Valhalla Rises, Abomination Tree, Ghost of a God, As The Gods Will, Hell's Coming With Me http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TempleUnderSiege/2866679/ The God, Leviathan, has been known by many names across the eons. Being called the Great-Serpent God, the Icon of Terror or simply Leviathan by its countless followers. Leviathan is an immense monument and sacred place of worship to numerous hidden cults and most notably the Immortalus, and is locat.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TempleUnderSiege/2864795/ GenTec -- the biotech megacorporation willing to do anything to acquire superhuman DNA -- is not going to give up so easily. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TempleUnderSiege/2861174/ The God MachineThe planet is dying and the Human race with it. A vast, chaotic, monster-bearing plague is expanding in all directions, consuming all in its path like a ravenous beast that cannot be sated. The last remnants of humanity are fighting back with ever more bizarre new machines and increas.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TempleUnderSiege/2859587/ New HumanAn eight year old girl escapes from a secret laboratory after a violent incident, leaving a trail of bodies in her wake. She is an experimental super-soldier gone rogue. The result of a eugenics program aimed toward producing the next stage in human evolution, Rita Juarez is stronger, faste.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TempleUnderSiege/2859329/ ResurrectionResurrection City: a remote mountain community suddenly besieged by a rash of grisly murders encroaching upon it from the surrounding forest. Bizarre reports start to spread, describing attacks from vicious creatures, some human... some not. Victims are apparently eaten. At the epicenter.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TempleUnderSiege/2858812/ Abide With Me One day, a rift opened in the sky and the earth began to bleed. Global super-storms decimate the planet, eradicating most of mankind. But the cataclysmic storms bring with them an even worse horror- a plague which spreads insanity and death, transforming its victims into grotesque, cra.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TempleUnderSiege/2858809/ Midnight In Hell/Little Dark Age/Death, Bullets & Carnage/In the Forests of Hell/Falling Angels/Mad God http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TempleUnderSiege/2858804/ When melting Artic ice releases a virus it triggers dormant genes from junk DNA. The genes that once created mythical beings worshipped as Gods and Angels... but also feared as demons and monsters. Now, all over the world, people are beginning to transform. To develop unnatural and unstoppable abili.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TempleUnderSiege/2857205/ The "Borderworlds" is a patchwork society at the edge of unexplored space, surrounded by a nebula of intense cosmic storms, leaving it in isolation for 1,300 years. It is considered to be a major multicultural melting pot, overrun with corporations, corruption, organized crime and gang violence. Fro.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TempleUnderSiege/2855986/ Desdaemona is a ferocious warrioress. Strong willed and clever, she's spent most of her life traveling from one enclave to another accompanied by her warband of corsairs, taking from others what they need to survive. She is superhumanly fast, powerful, and savage beyond measure, being able to bring .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TempleUnderSiege/2855297/ http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TempleUnderSiege/2855295/ Nothing stays dead for long. The dead are returning to life, intelligent, determined…and very hungry. The Wretched are unlike anything humanity has encountered before -- a fast spreading disease that turns the infected into raving maniacs on the hunt for earth's few remaining survivors... One.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TempleUnderSiege/2855090/ Primrose is a servant, a warrior of the Ouroboros, an ancient cult of superhuman alien/human hybrids who possess the ability to sense the monstrous Abominations living amongst humankind as they really are and the responsibility to destroy them. Beautiful and brilliant, she hunts alone, living among .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TempleUnderSiege/2854947/ The Immortalus are a highly evolved carnivorous and cannibalistic humanoid species of superhumans, arising from and are very similar to normal humans. However, despite any similarities, they are barely human at all. The main differences being their inner biology, mentality, and diet. Immortalus poss.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TempleUnderSiege/2854847/ The Cult Synthetica is a centuries old cult that has practiced selective breeding for thousands of years. They believe humanity is not fit to survive out in the universe and so seeks to accelerate mankind's evolution. With the advancement of technology, the cult has quickly embraced artificial DNA m.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TempleUnderSiege/2853210/ The Ghanishkaar Empyre's society is a singular hegemonic culture. It is a culture that practices imperial geopolitical dominance through implied means of power as opposed to direct military force. There are five castes that make up the empire: the Leadership caste, Administrative caste, the Warrior .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TempleUnderSiege/2853010/ The Necrophage, also more well known as The Devourer's Plague, is a highly contagious disease, causing mutations to the human body of the infected, which has overrun several planets throughout the galaxy. It spreads by direct physical contact with an infected individual. The exact origin of this dis.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TempleUnderSiege/2853008/ Humanity is vastly different and more varied than it had once been. The peoples of Savage Space are the descendants of colonists who had undergone a special process of genetic augmentations prior to the mission which facilitated quick adaptation to their new environments. This along with aid from ot.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TempleUnderSiege/2853007/ The Arts of Fabrication in the Apocalypsa Galaxy is the application of engineering principles to biology, cloning,medicine and the process through which surgeons implant modified artificial organs into humans. An Arcanus Biologis is a person involved with fabrication and its sub many categories of s.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TempleUnderSiege/2853006/ The Star Spawn, also more derogatorily known as "monster blooded", are the primarily inhabitants of Phyrr Space. They are the result of baseline humans who settled a world orbiting a Chaos Star and were changed in a multitude of unnatural ways by its baleful light. While most humans who are exposed .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TempleUnderSiege/2853005/ Savage Space is a demon-haunted region of the galaxy located at the very edge of known space. This is also where the Gods Eye Gate can be found, resting at the heart of numerous Chaos Star dominated planetary systems. Countless worlds are constantly bathed in the mutagenic glow of the Gods Eye Gate .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TempleUnderSiege/2853004/ The level of technology evident across the Apocalypsa Galaxy is an unusual blend of the highly futuristic and the nearly modern. Radically advanced tech like faster-than-light interstellar travel, orbital technology to manipulate the weather, and superluminal communication mix with seemingly anachro.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TempleUnderSiege/2853003/ Automata RobotsAn Automata robot is a self-operating machine and can be almost anything from elaborate clockwork singing birds to intricately designed robot servants. They can be lifelike or stylized, maybe even have a windup key in their back. They are non-sentient, mechanical automatons used mos.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TempleUnderSiege/2853002/ Qhor is a remote planet covered in lush jungles, forested mountain ranges, and immense deserts, and is one of the most dangerous worlds known to Humanity. It is also a volcanically active planet, due to its eccentric orbit around a burgeoning Chaos Star, which makes tidal and geological forces fluct.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TempleUnderSiege/2853001/ Phyrr Space is a region of the galaxy shrouded in myth and legend. Riven with strange anomalies so intense that stellar travel in the region is extremely dangerous and requires the use of powerful psychics in order for ships to safely navigate its depths. Being nearly impossible to reach, Phyrr Spac.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TempleUnderSiege/2853000/ Near Space is the region of the galaxy primarily inhabited by humanity and contains the former worlds of the Old Empire that were previously conquered by the mysterious Old Ones, the ancestors of the modern human race. Near Space is the largest and currently most powerful political entity in the gal.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TempleUnderSiege/2852999/ The various races of Humanity and Star Spawn utilize massive war engines called by many different names, most commonly Behemoths and Colossus. First created during the Golden Age of human advancement to fight their many wars, they were the most effective first and last line of defense against the De.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TempleUnderSiege/2852996/ An ancient and very isolationist faction, their history is unconfirmed, as are their origin. All that is known about them is speculative at best. Stories passed down from generation to generation tell of how their homeworld was consumed by hordes of monstrous creatures simply referred to as the Angr.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TempleUnderSiege/2852995/ Standard Template Power ArmorStandard Template Power Armor, usually shortened to just Standard Power Armor or even more simply Power Armor, is an extremely powerful and technologically advanced combat oriented exoskeleton designed to enhance human combat performance on every level by offering an i.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TempleUnderSiege/2852994/ The Aethyrium-Sea, also simply called the Aethyr by the inhabitants of the galaxy is a scarcely understood extra dimensional substances that exist between the physical Mortal Realm and the spiritual Astral Realm. To most it is simply a substances which allows one to breathe freely among the void wit.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TempleUnderSiege/2852993/ Apocalypsa is the most widely accepted name given to the galaxy wherein reside Humankind, numerous demihumans, an abundance of Star Spawn races, and various other non-Human species. Because only around a quarter of the Apocalypsa Galaxy has been thoroughly surveyed by baseline Humanity, modern scien.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TempleUnderSiege/2852991/ The past is a complicated subject and this is more true for the peoples of Humanity than for most other races. Having endured numerous cataclysmic events throughout their storied history, much of that knowledge has become forever lost to the slow passage of eons. What exist now is little more than m.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TempleUnderSiege/2852990/ Human biochemical experiments and enhancement procedures have been a part of galactic society dating back to the Golden Age of the Old Empire. And even after the empire's fall these experiments would continue as a means of bridging the physiological gap between baseline humans and their Star Spawn a.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TempleUnderSiege/2852988/ Alchemy is the fusion of both mystical and scientific knowledge and a sub-division of the Science of Magic. Practitioners of this magic-based science are known as Alchemist. Alchemy is a blend of what we would call magic and chemistry, although its practitioners view it as one integrated field of st.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TempleUnderSiege/2852985/ Nimidian EmpyreSIGN IN TO EDITThe Nimidians, also called the Dragon's Kin, are a proud Star Spawn race of large, horned humanoid bipeds native to the isolated planet of Nimhs, a world known for its harsh environments, abundant resources, and overabundance of vicious predators. The Nimidians mana.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TempleUnderSiege/2852984/