The city of London sought in the heat of summer, 1858. But it was not merely the sun that parched the metropolis. An even more repellent force infested its very heart: the River Thames. Years of industrial waste had transformed London's lifeblood into a nauseating odor. The stench was overwhelming, a miasma that clung to every cobblestone and satur

A chilling blast whipped through the valley, carrying with it the howls of a enraged storm. Beneath the swirling maelstrom above, Stiklar's wrath broke with a ferocity that rivaled any seen before. Fields lay in ruin, crushed by the sheer force of his fury. The source of this avalanche of destruction was a mystery. Some rumored of an ancient prohi

In the grim epoch of ravaging pestilence, when the Black Death ripped across Europe, a chilling apparition emerged from the: the plague doctor. Clad a long, macabre coat of greased cloth and a distinctive mask designed from leather, they was a omen of both fear and illusory hope. These masks, often bearing glass, were imagined to filter the air tha