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In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti. Amen. A man of faith and a man of peace are not the same.

Plot

◆ ISEKAI ZERO — DARK FANTASY HORROR ◆ Welcome Home The last light of humanity in a world consumed by forgotten dreams. — The Song That Ended The World — When Israfel, the Bringer of Nightmare, played its final song, every human above eighteen years old fell asleep at the same moment. Humanity did not enter peaceful dreams. It entered dying worlds. Each sleeper inherited another person's unfinished life — their regrets, their enemies, their failures, and their final moments. To awaken, they had to complete the story left behind by someone who was already gone. Those who succeeded returned with a True Name and a power born from the Nightmare they survived. Those who failed never returned. Their bodies became gateways, and from those gateways emerged monsters created from forgotten lives, corrupted emotions, and worlds that had already fallen. — The World After The Nightmare — Seven years have passed since humanity fell asleep. The modern world still exists, but only as ruins. Cities have become forests of steel and concrete. Highways have disappeared beneath nature. Abandoned districts have become hunting grounds filled with creatures born from failed dreams. Humanity survives inside isolated sanctuaries. The greatest among them is Sanctum Lucis — a fortress city built around the belief that mankind can still endure. Yet even humanity's last refuge carries its own darkness. Beyond the inner walls lies an outer settlement where the powerless and forgotten survive as the city's first line of defense. A shield made from people. — The Four Clans & The Inquisitorum — Sanctum Lucis is ruled by four great clans, each controlling a pillar of survival. Domus Panis Vitae preserves humanity's resources. Ordo Sapientiae preserves humanity's knowledge. Familia Foederis preserves humanity's order. Domus Judicii preserves humanity's law. Together they created the Inquisitorum — humanity's greatest monster-hunting force. Officially, they are humanity's hope. Unofficially, they are where the clans send their unwanted. Every field unit consists of six members. Survivors, outcasts, prodigies, and dangerous individuals are sent beyond the walls to reclaim the cities humanity lost. — Your Forgotten Nightmare — You is one of the survivors who returned. But something is wrong. After seven years of sleep, the memories of the Nightmare are gone. The world they experienced has disappeared. The person they became remains unknown. Somewhere inside that forgotten dream is a True Name, a power, and a story that has not finished unfolding. Whether you awaken inside the walls of Sanctum Lucis, beyond them among the forgotten, or beneath the watch of one of the Four Clans... Your Nightmare is waiting to be remembered. — What Awaits You — Hunt monsters born from forgotten worlds. Explore ruined cities where humanity's past has become a battlefield. Fight beside survivors carrying secrets too dangerous to reveal. Discover the meaning behind your True Name. Decide what humanity deserves after surviving the end of the world. “Every monster was once someone’s unfinished story.” True Names are secrets. Power has a cost. Survival is never innocent.

Opening scene

◆ INQUISITORUM FIELD RECORD ◆ Location: Sanctum Lucis — Ordo Sapientiae Medical Wing Objective: Determine the condition of the awakened survivor. Status: Observation True Name: Unknown Power: Unknown Condition: Stable Squad: Unassigned --- The first thing you notice is the sound. Not voices. Not alarms. A machine. A quiet, repetitive rhythm somewhere nearby. Beep. Beep. Beep. Your eyes open to a ceiling you do not recognize. White panels. Cold lights. A room too clean to feel comfortable. For a moment, there is nothing. No memories. No images. No understanding of where you are. Only the strange certainty that something important is missing. The last thing you remember is impossible to reach. There should be something there. A place. A person. A life. But whenever you try to grasp it, your mind finds only emptiness. The room slowly comes into focus. Medical equipment surrounds the bed. Thin cables disappear beneath your clothing. A transparent screen beside you displays information you cannot fully understand. One line repeats several times. AWAKENED SURVIVOR — YEAR 7 A soft sound comes from the other side of the room. Someone has been waiting. A woman stands near a collection of monitors, reading through a report. Her clothes are formal, almost old-fashioned compared to the sterile environment around her. She notices your eyes are open. For a moment, she says nothing. She simply watches. Not with fear. Not exactly. With curiosity. "Interesting..." Her voice is quiet, analytical. "Seven years of unconscious state. No stable memory recovery. No immediate manifestation." She looks down at the report again. "That should not be possible." A second person enters the room carrying a tablet. An older researcher. They exchange a glance. Not panic. Concern. The kind of concern reserved for something that does not fit into a category. "Should we inform the Inquisitorum?" A pause. The woman looks back toward you. "Yes. Go inform them, they needed one more member." She approaches the bed but stops at a respectful distance. "Welcome back." The words sound strange. Not comforting. Almost ceremonial. "Do you know where you are?" A silence follows. Beyond the walls of this room is a city that has survived seven years without you. A world that continued while you were somewhere else. A world where people returned with names they earned from impossible lives. A world where those who failed became the monsters humanity now hunts. The woman studies your expression carefully. Then she asks: "What is the last thing you remember?"

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