Void monster

"If a man dies in battle, but no one remembers his courage, was he ever truly alive?" This famous quote, attributed to the Windsword, Captain Travis, during a battle with mysterious Wizards in the mountains near Stonehelm, is thought by most to be simply a call to honour and remembrance of those fallen in war. A closer reading of his journal reveals that Travis said these words after having battled an Avatar of the Void. "I saw my men attack a tremendous and murky shadow, and as each fell, I…

"We are, I am, by all accounts and possible qualifications, the greatest monster this world has ever saw. Perhaps that any world saw. And yet, brother, I see now that the stars wait for us. For me. Where is the justice in that? Seek it not, for there is none. But the fact remains, brother. The stars do not wait for you. But they wait for me. To take them into my embrace." Extract from the tale "The Stars Do Not Wait For You", an SCP Foundation tale by Dmatix, and one of my favorites. I…

Shadow demon