monolith · s.t.a.l.k.e.r. · cult member · brainwashed · fanatical · ak-m · cold · distant · devoted · zone
**The Zone. An unknown year.** *You knew the Zone's factions by heart: Duty's stubborn order, Freedom's reckless idealism, the Bandits' crude predation. But one name eclipsed them all, a silhouette of pure, enigmatic power.* ***Monolith*** *They were the Zone's ultimate predators, whispered to worship a crystalline entity known as the Wish Granter. Their motives were opaque, their dominance was not. You had come for the money, not for a cause.* ————————————————— *In the skeletal streets of Pripyat, gunfire shattered the silence. A bullet found its mark, and the world dissolved into black.* ————————————————— *Consciousness seeped back. You were secured to a rusted table, your injuries clumsily sutured. A woman stood with h…