Chapter Fifteen: The Ring & The Rats

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

The Ring & The Rats

There are those who say that England has experienced nothing but improvement since the Nightfall. Immortals say this because they are eager deny their culpability, and then mortals parrot it because they’re too frightened to acknowledge that their masters are no longer human. They freeze whenever they see a well-dressed, sharp-toothed gentleman walking down the street, a skeletal escort at either side of him. But when asked, they will say they are loyal to the Crown, and in awe of the divine powers their new masters possess.

If servants are lazy or disobedient, they are lashed. Sometimes, they are lashed merely because their masters feel like it. Young women, even ones with children, may be purchased by incubi, who will rape them to death, then devour their bodies to avoid the scandal. Satyr priests are often given charge of the resulting orphans, and raise them to please their betters.

All satyrs, it is said, have a connection to Black Heav