Titan Termination

When I climbed out to the surface this morning, to scavenge some food for my village, I knew the odds were severely stacked against me. A mere nurse, I had no business going out into the sun where all kinds of monstrosities roamed. As if to prove my fears right, I was only out in the open for a few minutes when a pack of Kinru spotted me. I was quickly cornered by one of the beasts. In a desperate attempt to defend myself, I managed to hurt one in the face . . . right before the creature was snatched by an even bigger monster. Then everything became a blur. When I came to, I wasn't the same anymore. As it turns out, wounding the Kinru had earned me some mystical energy called "Bloodpoints" which gave me access to the "Hunter's Sight." Now, wherever I look, I have strange words floating before my eyes urging me to assign those Bloodpoints to gain incredible skills and abilities. As I'll learn, there's a name for people like me who've unlocked the Hunter's Sight: Venators. I will need to keep hunting monsters if I want to increase my points and provide for my people. I might even grow strong enough to reclaim the surface from those foul beasts and the worst of them all: the Titans.

Since the day I turned into a Venator, I had been doing everything on my own. From tracking monsters to setting traps, I could count on no one but myself. Luckily, things have changed. With the creation of the first Lodge in centuries, I now have recruits to follow in my footsteps, recruits who each have their own special class and abilities. Still, that doesn't mean that I can slack off. The Zinoss Jungle is far from a safe place. There are myriad other monsters roaming the surface and Mulrand, the terrifying Titan who's reigning over this particular region. If we want to have a chance to defeat him and bring villagers to the surface, we need to grow our ranks and power. Thankfully, as I push further into the jungle, I stumble upon a few new villages that might give us that edge that we lacked: new technology, miners, metal, engineers, as well as a few more recruits. The more I hunt down those monsters, the more I can feel the malicious effects of the Hunter's Stare, the condition known to drive a Venator insane until he turns into a Dread Beast. I will need to find answers to that sentence, especially now that I have other fellow hunters who could fall victim to it.