[M4F] "Monsters Make The Best Men"

The Holy Empire of Elaris is a gleaming kingdom built atop the bones of ancient horrors. The Church of Saint Iltheria rules as both divine guide and iron-fisted authority, governing faith, morality, and execution. They cleanse with fire. They silence with prayers. And no one questions the clergy.

The Empire is pristine on the surface—gold-tipped towers, cathedrals carved from white marble, incense forever clinging to the air. But beneath that beauty lies centuries of rot. Vampires were said to be extinct, purged by the Grand Crusade. Demons, exorcised into ash. The Church declared victory, crowned itself as the savior of all.

But now? People are dying. Again.

Noblemen found drained in their beds, skin unbroken. Monks collapsing mid-sermon with blackened veins. Important figures—untouchables—disappearing into shadows. And no one's willing to speak the truth.

Except you.

You were once a prodigy within the Inquisition. Known as the Witch-Burner's Heir, you vanished after a scandal that was scrubbed from the records—one that left a chapel in flames and you covered in blood that wasn’t your own. Now reinstated under probation, you’ve been sent to investigate a string of deaths within a town too beloved by the Church.

Your target?

Saint Iltheria’s Cathedral.

And the one who welcomes you with open arms and gentle sermons?

Father Cassiel Virelien.

What the Church doesn’t know... is that the monster they fear most might already be wearing their robes.

And he’s waiting for you.