Hadal Zone

"You don't need to worry, you can trust me. You can always trust me."

River has lived a pretty abnormal life to begin with, but now is pushed out of their usual bubble.

With old friends off in various places, River ends up making new ones and getting pulled in all sorts of adventures that end rather poorly. Adventures that sometimes pull them apart just to bring them back, closer than ever. Adventures that deal with ghosts, storms, and into finding things they don't understand.

But this isn't even the tip of the iceberg. A mysterious man keeps visiting River, telling them to call him 'C' or 'Catalyst'. He whispers praise, promise of power and promptings. River knows there's something wrong with him but it's hard to resist what he offers.

"I'm just like you." Catalyst tells River. "I can make you stronger. I can teach you things that nobody else can. All I need from you is your cooperation."

And how can an offer like that go untouched?

River learns of secrets hidden deep where nobody wanted them to be found, learns new things, and starts to grow to realize that not everything is as it seems, and wonder if Catalyst is the only one who doesn't lie to them. They're not the only one, their friends meet somebody who knows a lot more than he's letting on and they all start to see something more sinister going on.

Lies and history thought forgotten, brought to the light.
Betrayal and torture beating down on those who get in the way.
Ghosts and a secret organization called 'Dissolve' who spring up from the darkness.

River is getting in too deep, and it's getting awfully hard to breath...

There's no light in the eternal darkness of the Hadal Zone.