There was once a man who fell deeply in love with a woman, and together they married in the old ways, binding their hands with chords, as tradition had taught them. He believed in the purity of their union, unaware that his wife held dark secrets. Behind the mask of love, she was unfaithful, seducing many men and draining their very life force. She fed on their souls, leaving a trail of emptiness in her wake.
One day, as the man rested beneath the shadow of an ancient yew tree, he was visited in a vision by Anubis, the god of death and the afterlife. Anubis, seeing the man’s strength, granted him the power to walk between life and death, gifting him the ability to command energies that were beyond human comprehension.
That evening, the man’s wife came to him, her heart filled with malice and betrayal. In a final act of treachery, she unleashed the demons she carried, pouring them into the man’s heart. She offered him up as a sacrifice to Kali, the goddess of destruction, intending to end not just his life, but the past and future of his entire family lineage. Surrounded by flames of despair, she sought to burn them into oblivion.
But the man was stronger than she imagined. He was already sanctified as a vessel for old gods, he did not break. The sacrifice failed.
Rising from the ashes of his betrayal, the man returned to his family home, scarred but alive. Seeking solace, he went to the church of his childhood, hoping to rekindle his faith and take sacrament, yearning to welcome Jesus back into his heart. But there, too, he found no refuge. The church, seeing the darkness that now followed him, branded him a monster. Using their spiritual gifts, they projected their fear and hatred onto him, attempting to destroy his very soul.
Heartbroken and abandoned on all fronts, the man realized that he no longer belonged to any of the worlds he once knew. The betrayal of his wife, the rejection from his faith, and the burdens of the demons he now carried transformed him. But instead of succumbing to despair, he embraced his true nature of balance and zen.
He gathered strength from his experiences, forming alliances with both angels and demons, acknowledging that all of them now lived within him. He embraced them and got to know the lessons each taught him. After completing each lesson he would be granted skills that allowed the man to see the world for what it was in its true essence.
Now, the man walks the earth with a new identity. He is no longer just a man, but many, both light and shadow. He is the commander of the company he keeps, unified with the forces inside him.
His name is Legion, for he carries multitudes within him, forever reshaped by the betrayal of both the divine forces, and the demons that could not break him.
