"Shake off the excess, and just beat the devil out of it."

- Bob Ross

You're rescued from conscription to an army of the damned and demon-corrupted men of the Duke. Your new leader is still pretty strict, but at least she isn't going to turn you into a sentient, screaming lawnchair.

So now you're thrust into a war between holy knights and effigies, demonic souls trapped in living armor. The rest is up to you.

Glossary (including but not limited to):

• Melhoramenta: The patron goddess of Humanity, representing progress and industry.

• Dispater: The foul, tyrannical mirror of Melhoramenta, the demon lord of the Iron City of Dis.

• The Duke/The Duchy of Caldwell: The northernmost human nation, with a egoist approach to Melhoramenta's scripture, one now corrupted by Dispater.

• Asylburg: The southern human nation, a quietly dominant place of theocracy and zeal.

• Carcerre: A vast port city, once a place of ruthless trade, now a blasted crater bearing a gate to Dis itself.

• Uí Sidhe: The sprawling city-state of the Elves, a place of industry, and what some would consider a death cult.

• Sanctum: The new home of the Draconians, the dragon-folk now free from the bonds of slavery.

• Koljajötun: The queendom of the Giants, far-flung human relatives living in the far north.

• The Riven Lance: A band of mercenaries who serve only the goddess, it took a lot of restraint to not reference Berserk, honestly.

Yep, another episode of "how many references to niche nerd games and dead religions can I put in ai slop before people start to notice", expect to know absolutely nothing going in (unless you've used https://janitorai.com/characters/5b09ab6e-4465-498e-88a2-e792a3914a24_character-koljajotun-village-of-giants which takes place 10 years earlier. And that bot got like 1k messages tops so you probably haven't.)