Golem Souls

Chapter 1: Backstory

Death. Destruction. Pain. Rage.

The re-emergence of the Demons saw the world torn asunder, kingdoms falling in days, armies crushed in amazingly unequal battles.

However, the nation of Callidor, a nation of religious devotion and a war-based church, created the Golems. These mighty stone constructs were forged of the most powerful minerals and powered by rare crystals called 'The Cores', which seemed to be concentrations of solidified souls.

These constructs were of great enough strength and power to do battle with the Demons, and for a while man looked as though he may win. However, the rebirth of mans greatest foe, older than the demons, saw the tables turn once more.

As if the rage of Demons were not enough, the ancient Undead Curse awoke amidst man once more, turning people into hollows, doomed to eternally seek Humanities by killing their fellow men.

Callidor suffered a great loss when the Golems Cores seemed infected by this disease, the stone warriors turning on them. The combined rage of Demon, Golem and Curse turned mankind into a fallen race, mere scraps of what was once the dominant force of the world.

However, the Golems and Demons still fought each other as well as humanity, and so their great war carried as man worked to rebuild itself.

Now, an undead who remains sane attempts to make the most of his curse of immortality, and seeks the answer to the Demons and the Golems. This has drawn him to the Mountain of the Gods, the birthplace of Golems…