Mortal Vengeance: A Grim Tale - When silence becomes survival, monsters are made
31 parts Complete MatureEighteen months before the killings began, Excelsior Academy was already cursed.
A dark academia psychological thriller rooted in Dominican folklore.
Julián, a gay scholarship senior, is trapped between two hells-his devout Dominican family and an elite Jesuit school where silence means survival. Poor, queer, and invisible, he learns early that cruelty isn't just tolerated-it's tradition and guilt is part of his inheritance.
At Church, he is reminded that he was born guilty of original sin and continues to be a sinner. (#thosecatholics)
At home, he feels guilty for the many sacrifices his parents make for his future.
At school, he carries a secret wrapped in guilt and shame that he can't speak of - even worse teachers and other students constantly remind him he is not like them.
A contest to draw a local legend draws him into a dark path where myth, folklore, religion and history merge with his BPD bleeding into reality.
His only anchor is Lucía-bold enough to say what he can't. Yet even friendship feels fragile within Excelsior's marble halls, where the walls remember every sin.
As guilt and fear consume him, Julián begins to sense something ancient-older than God, older than guilt itself-lurking beneath the school.
The legend of the Grim Cojuelo is coming to life.
And this time, it wants him.
Some devils are not born.
They are made.