Cthulhu Cultus

There is a story from long ago, which many Governments have tried so desperately to hide in fog and illusion, but for our protection. I fear the story has corrupted my out-look on life, and that my life is at risk.

We all know how painful our Government's appetite of power is to those of us which live on land so tainted of war and blood, but how far we're they really willing to go to ensure victory? In WW2, the allies we're marching on Hitler's doorsteps, and he was becoming desperate. As allies began to near Berlin, he put project cosmic taint into action. A troop of fifteen Nazi soldiers we're sent to a uncharted island in the middle of the Atlantic gap.

The commanding officer, Arnold Marcel, was sent to look for a book of great power, known to hitler only as "Das Buch der Toten". Arnold was angry that he was sent for a myth whispered by myths, he was also terrified of the consequences of failing. After 3 days, a scout reported to the beach of a small ruin near the center of the island, with markings inscribed in the walls. Arnold sent a scouting party of 3, 2 armed with lugers and one with a MG 42, to investigate the ruins. After 13 hours, 2 of the men ran back to camp, screaming of gibberish and horror, and before they could be questioned, they had commited suicide, 1 by a combat knife across his throat and the other by a luger sgot to his temple.

Arnold reluctantly took his remaining 11 men (not including him who would make 12) and went to the ruins, armed with the finest equipment Germany could supplie. As they reached the entrence, night had fallen and rain had drenched them, and thunder, unfortunatly, had hidden the sound of footsteps in the leaves...

When they went inside, they were greated by carvings of strange beings and stains of a red liquid drying into the floor. They set up camp and scouted out. When they came back to the camp 3 men were missing. An hour later, there screeches of agony echoed through the vast halls of the ruins. When they awoke after a horrible nights left, the watch was gone, and only Arnold and his 3 remaining men were there, one mumbling about blood. They decided to leave, but unfortunatly for them, the outside of the ruins had unearthly screeches from the bushes and shadows of humanoid creatures roaming. They were stuck in the ruins...

When they ventured further in what they were calling "Holle auf Erden" they came across a man in blood-stained robes and laughing insane croaks from a scarred face. They we're about to leave him when Arnold saw him carrying a book, and killed the man. As they took it, they turned to see 34 men in robes, murmuring of great ones and sharpening bloody knives on bones, one man cutting his leg open and licking the blood. They knocked out Arnold and when he awoke, he looked to see a sacrificed troop on one side and 2 men being eaten by strange creatures. He tried to move but he was tied to a alter. And as the man in robes neared and put his knife to Arnold Mercel's throat, the last words he heard we're " Ia! Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'yleh wgah'nafl fhtagan!"