CD-AMM05 (Jun 28, 2022)
Puzzle
“A sunken land.”
Knowledge | 1 Word
Clue
Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: The submerged city?
Clue 2: The one that the Morbid King is waging his whole war over.
Clue 3: Look at the Zodiac Files' entry on the Necropolis for another term for the Everdark.
Answer and Explanation
Answer: Is
Explanation: Is, or Ys, is a mythical city submerged underwater near Brittany. It’s also the city that the Morbid King is attempting to reclaim.
Summary of Receipt
VII recaps the goals and origins of all the key players right now - the Cafe and Diner, the Morbid King and the Everdark, and the Open Doors Church.
First, the CaD. Founded in 1988 by Jean, Lucifer and 17, it was intended to send back demons and other monsters to the Otherside, and stop the Cold from conquering the Universe.
Next, the Morbid King. After he claimed the Sunken Throne in 2017, he claims to be attempting to reclaim Is, the ancestral home of the Shadowfolk, by destroying the Necropolis. He’s opened the Achegloom by using Manager 7 in 2021 to do this, and has consistently beaten the Necropolis and even slew Asmodeus in the Garden of the Archons. However, no moves have been made to claim the Necropolis’s territory.
Lastly, the Open Doors Church. It was initially founded by Satan to break out the Devil, which was stopped by the First Cafe. Now, he’s trying to open what is likely the Gates to Eden.
This is important because, by taking Magdalena Langley - a Witch of Belphegor - Satan and the Morbid King have declared war on the Ouroboros and Belphegor, strongest Prince of Hell by far. Which means either he’s an idiot or he thinks he’s already won.
Transcript
[BRANCH] THE LAST CAFE
[SERVER] VII
[DATE] 6/28/22
[INDEX ID] AMM05
[SECURITY] AND & ARCHIVES
Hi again. I do not usually write receipts, but No. V has asked me to discuss the politics involved between the Cafe and Diner, the Morbid King’s Everdark Army, and Padre Santos’ Open Doors Church. I was confused about why he chose me, though. I did not know much about any of these groups before researching them in No. IV’s library. I suppose that might be why he chose me, so I could provide an unbiased view.
First, the Cafe and Diner, the organization to which I belong. The Cafe and Diner was established in 1988 by Jean-Marc Chausson, Lucifer of Morningstar, and Felix Blackwood. The stated purpose of the Cafe and Diner was to maintain the balance between the Flipside and Otherside by returning or otherwise dispatching cryptids and demons who enter the Flipside. This was partially true. The true purpose of the Cafe and Diner was to prevent the Cold Elders, Fate, Wicked, Secret, and Phantom from overthrowing the universe.
Next, the Morbid King and his Everdark Army. The Morbid King is an entity that rose to prominence around 2017 after claiming the Sunken Throne. He has been aided by an entity once believed to be Umbra the Hatman. In 2021 the Morbid King used Julia Wandsun to break open a new plane of the Otherworld known as the Achegloom in an attempt to flood the Necropolis with a different form of death. His goals on the surface appear to be to reclaim the ancestral home of the Shadowfolk, Is, by destroying the Necropolis built by Asmodeus. However, despite the Morbid King’s consistent victories in battle and having slain Asmodeus in the Garden of the Archons, the Morbid King has taken no new territory for the Everdark.
Lastly, the Open Doors Church of Padre Santos is a Flipside sect of the House of Satan. It acts as his front for all of his Flipside affairs. In the past, Satan used the Church along with the “Dark Triad” of the Mothman, Redman, and Shadowman in an attempt to break open the Gates to Hell to release his imprisoned father. The Church was stopped by the first incarnation of the Cafe and Diner. Currently, the Church has resurfaced alongside Satan as he presumably prepares to break open the gate to Eden.
This all connects to Magdalena Langley because, by the Morbid King and Umbra kidnapping her, they have committed an act of war against the Ouroboros. The Morbid King might be strong enough to kill Asmodeus, but even with the Morbid King and Satan working together, I doubt they could defeat Belphegor. To kidnap Magdalena means the Morbid King is either a fool or assumes he has already won.