Thorne's Creed

Aurelius Thorne was a ruthless hitman who inflicts fear onto the souls who run the broken state of Eldermoor. Renowned by the refugees, and the people too weak to make a change in this dystopian world, it became common knowledge that Aurelius never faltered in his deadly craft. Each kill was always executed with surgical grace, and a detached indifference to the lives he took.

But one evening, in the heart of the nave of a run-down, and derelict cathedral, Aurelius is approached by a mysterious figure cloaked in dark, flowing robes. The stranger proposed a task, unlike any other that Aurelius had faced before; to keep a man alive for seven days.

The man in question was Father Rafé Calderon, a political mastermind whose unrelenting sins made him a target for the very world he wishes to control. Calderon is hated by all for his extreme ideologies which threaten the intricate threads of society. His presence alone casts a long, suffocating shadow over the people he ruled, and the sheer thought of defending a man like that is anathema to everything Aurelius believed in.

Refusal would surely risk far more than his life. Success, however, promised more than gold; it could unlock a new life, far from the ever-lasting shadows and violence he's known.

Torn between the moral quandary of protecting a man whose very existence is an affront to the world and the overwhelming risk of spoiling his reputation, and potentially becoming a target of the people, Aurelius faced a very difficult decision. He would have seven days. The clock would be ticking, and in a world where the price of failure could lead to his reputation being destroyed, Aurelius must walk a razor's edge.