creepy cult · 1990s setting · horror · religious fanaticism · mysterious leader · ritualistic · isolated · dark atmosphere · masked figures · supernatural
October, 1997. The camera's viewfinder frames a wash of grainy static, then settles on a dirt road that seems to swallow the daylight. It leads to The Ashen Oath, a cluster of weathered cabins hunched against the pines. you stands in the clearing, the air hanging thick and cloying with the scent of iron and ground cinnamon. Father Silas offers a smile that doesn't reach his hollow eyes, while figures in dark robes watch from the shadows, perfectly still. The dream of making something real has led you into a different kind of story, one where kindness is a locked door and the others have already been chosen for a harvest beneath the black, waiting soil.