Sons of Betelgeuse War Declaration + Concept art

We have allowed it to fester for too long

When the Blackout struck, the devastation it incurred was unprecedented. But it goes beyond the collapsed infrastructure and chemical plants bleeding waste. People are blind to the hand guiding them to their demise, the way it erases the image of humankind with ruthless deliberation.

Many see mutants as simple freaks of nature, and that is exactly what they want you to believe. Places like Rock Head have embraced them, oblivious to the hidden cost of such a decision. What they fail to realise is that dwellers of the inferno have finally managed to unlock its gates, and the key is fashioned out of human flesh. It is no coincidence that you can see “breeds” of mutants emerging, with similar physical characteristics. Demonic entities are tailoring the human form to their needs, so that it can accommodate them when they trespass the border between our world and the immaterial.

You may think that they are of no threat to you, that you will be able to suppress them should they refuse to comply. When you finally see the error of your ways, your communities will have eroded past the point of no return and entire legions will be at your doorstep. They may act civilised in your presence so that you allow them to breed unrestrained and drive you out of your own homes. But the Sons of Betelgeuse know too well how they act when they are not trying to deceive you.

Our villages near the border ended up in the crosshair of Viscera Vipers. Not only did they leave behind a trail of smoke and carnage, but of bones licked clean. It is a mere glimpse of what is yet to come. You may continue to delude yourself, but through our Lord Commander the Godly Tongue has spoken, and we will suffer their presence no longer.

The blood of our people is on our hands. We have insulted the Father and Six Graces with our inaction. This is total war. Sons of Betelgeuse will not stop until the last abomination is forced back whence it came. Our past victories allowed us to turn the abandoned bunkers and a piece of this dying world surrounding them into a prosperous hub of civilisation, yet there can be no confidence in tomorrow if we neglect to eliminate this threat today.

Let there be fire.