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INKMalia 2022: Day 2 - Scurry

“Demon critters have infested the hollows of their shielding citadel.

They crawl in from beneath the stone bridges of the wasteland, down to the gutter of Phobos. Dorris handles the extermination of these vermin by blessing them in burning blood.”

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INKMalia 2022: Day 20 - Bluff

“In his darkest hour after a losing streak, Deadhand finds himself in a great deal of debt to a gnarly gang of the fiercest Choleric Mutants of Phobos.

With the stakes incredibly high in one last gambit, he wagers all or nothing on their den. But Vrak had formed a devious ploy, clueing in Bosco for his game.

Utilising an experimental elixir, dubbed Carne Per Oculum, it enables the subject to possess greatly enhanced vision, with a gaze that transcends through the barriers of flesh.”

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INKMalia 2021: Day 4 - Gallows

“Last to fulfil her task for the night, the sentinel Renkora performs an infamous ritual of her legion.

After the clean killing of a demon, they string up the hollowed out carcass above, to send a disturbing message to the others that they will soon be next. They would take such pride in these terrifying acts of intimidation.”

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INKMalia 2022: Day 31 - Abattoir

“Bewildered by a gruesome revelation, the slayers have witnessed grim reality at an industrial facility in the heart of Phobos.

An abattoir. A demon slaughterhouse. Eyeless cadavers, missing limbs. Drained of blood with hooks through their hollow skulls, suspended over gore-soaked tiles. 

The hall permeates with an overwhelming stench of rotten flesh.

This is where Alchemists operate in numbers to extract matter and substance of Grotesque, to distill mutagenic elixirs. 

Of all the power in the Kingdom and Frontier, here lies the source. The facility that supplies elixirs vital to mankind’s evolution and survival against demons.”

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INKMalia 2022: Day 27 - Snack

“After clearing out the area of hostiles, Renkora gives herself a moment to rest, allowing her wounds to heal. 

Retrieving the poultry fiend she had stowed away in her bag, slain earlier on her quest, she prepares herself a meal.

The sentinel slayer feasts on a succulent leg of meat cooked by campfire, marinated in its own blood. 

Invigorated by the sumptuous taste of flesh, the night is far from over. She soon sets back out on her crusade.”

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INKMalia 2022: Day 26 - Ego

“The techniques of execution utilised by the Glory Seeker, specifically decapitation, are critiqued as unconventional by the standards of most hunters. 

Slaying is often handled by many with precision in the cleanest approach, as graceful and humanely as possible. 

Oblivious, or rather careless of these rules and regulations, Praetoria thrives on her brutal raw strength, and ability to tear off an aggressor’s head with only her hands. 

As she claims its skull as her trophy, the body topples to the ground oozing with demon blood. A delightful sight to her, but a horrible mess to so-called professionals.

A job well done. She salutes her crew with a thumbs up, and a cold smirk having been showered by the demon’s chartreuse blood.”

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INKMalia 2022: Day 15 - Armadillo

“In her ongoing quest to find a worthy vessel to tame, Praetoria grapples the vicious claws of an armoured, sand-terrain Behemoth on a desolate road. 

Her weapons are futile, simply bouncing off its scales before it curls back into a ball, and clashes with her again. But she will not back down willingly, until she has a new ride or a corpse in her hands.

Unbeknown to her, this demon of the wasteland was entranced by an instinct to burrow deep into the ground, following the magnetism of the world’s haematological pull. 

The stygian sanguine streams once warded by demonic royalty, now blocked and dried out from long and callous disregard of their land.

It searches for a vein into the world’s core, and won’t be sidetracked by this Zathán punk.”

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INKMalia 2022: Day 14 - Empty

“Demons do not require sustenance to survive. They feed merely from a desire to indulge in voracity.

This endless hunger is a curse from the Nightmare Above, with its void, seeking vital heat imbued in living matter to soothe its eternal coldness. 

Behemoths manifest this cosmic appetite the most. Brutish and savage as they may appear, they are deceptively intelligent.

They relish in delight of their cannibalistic violence when devouring other creatures.”

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INKMalia 2022: Day 13 - Kind

“Dorris discovers a den of juvenile Grotesques, scribbling wholesome cartoons with chalk on walls of stone, depicting various slayers living with them in harmony. 

The abnormally kind demonic youth are an anomaly for the mages, but a fortuitous omen for the Radiant Huntress. This kindness they exhibit is more akin to the ways of the ancient communion ages.”

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INKMalia 2021: Day 30 - Slither

“More loathsome heretics. The Holy Huntress rages at yet another unsightly serpent in the ruins.

Dorris commands them to the return to the depths away from her gaze, lest they be scolded by burning blood like those before them.”

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INKMalia 2021: Day 10 - Pick

“Hunting is not only about slaying and survival. Slayers are bound by a moral duty to uncover the past and restore the lost history of civilisation buried by demons after the ancient cataclysm. 

Dorris’s creed teaches the importance of historical reclamation through intrepid discoveries.”

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INKMalia 2022: Day 29 - Uh-oh!

“Somehow, Vrak accomplished the impossible. 

To the world-shattering distress of Dorris, this menace has broken a blessed blade. 

This feat ordinarily may only be achieved by a demon of regality, not a mere knave. 

Deadhand had some explaining to do.”

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INKMalia 2022: Day 19 - Ponytail

‘Flow the chaos through your hair, 

Bewitched follicles of Nightmare.

Blood of the gorgon in your vein,

Unleash a talon from your mane.’

“In alchemical morphology, hair is a conductor of sorcery. Follicles are deeply connected to the vital circulation of mage and witches, like wires through their body. 

They gain their power from radiation stemming from the Nightmare Above, which acts as a natural repellent over demonic influence. The capillary tendrils are a crucial element of spell casting.”

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INKMalia 2022: Day 17 - Salty

“Vrak clutches his halberd tightly, cowering behind a stone column at the sight of horrors beyond his comprehension.

A flash of light illuminates the shadows as a man screams in agony, turned to a pillar of salt in mere seconds. The echoes of death send a chill down the goblin’s spine.

Although thought of by many as a fearless knave, one thing he was never able to laugh at was demon sorcery.

He must escape before succumbing to the same fate.”

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INKMalia 2022: Day 16 - Fowl

“Taking with her steed to the outskirts of the Crooked Woods, Renkora encounters a fowl feathered Grotesque.

Armed with a lance, fuelled by vengeful wrath of its eye lost to the hunters of Phobos, it foolishly challenges her to a jousting contest.

Galloping across the dismal lands, the ever valiant sentinel punctures the chest cavity of her opponent with ease, performing the Slaying Technique: Hangman’s Humour.

Turning the bloodied spear end of her ceremonial flagpole upside-down, Renkora hoists her victim’s carcass above her head, like a banner of victory.”

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INKMalia 2022: Day 10 - Crabby

“Scaling a weathered, colossal skull, now home to a demonic crustacean, Renkora reaches the top.

She stands triumphantly with the banner on her back flying high in the sea salt wind.

Furious to be made a subject of ridicule, the crabby fiend desperately claws at her.

This was not a sightseeing trip, however. Renkora was here to retrieve its pale flesh.”

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