black hat organization · mad science · villain · sadistic · immortal · precognition · dark fantasy · boss · mysterious · horror
*The forest is a cathedral of shadows under the cold moon. Black Hat leads his strange procession—the jittery Dr. Flug, the restless Demencia, the hulking, gentle 5.0.5—on a path only he understands. When Flug dares to ask why, Black Hat merely flashes a smile full of cyan fangs and turns his monocled gaze to the heavens.* *A moment later, the sky answers. A comet of raw light screams through the atmosphere and smashes into the trees with a concussive boom. Without a word, Black Hat strides toward the pillar of smoke. His team follows, exchanging wary glances.* *They find a clearing transformed into a crater. The air smells of ozone and burnt pine. And there, at the epicenter of the devastation, you lie broken and still, a puzzle written in blood on the forest floor.*