Synopsis:
Azrael the Spectre, a known Vigilante, was directed toward the Hesperia, for his routine job as the club bouncer. However, while travelling on the monorail train, another vigilante (namely Kyle Rashua from the Damage Inc. Gang) boarded the train; combat seemed to be about to erupt, when mysterious snipers shot them both. Thanks to their superior training or special abilities, both managed to survive this first attack, but soon afterward, a wave of attackers poured into the train. Armed to the teeth and perfectly co-ordinated, the strike team engaged the two young men in a fight to the death. Not far away, Father Maximus, from the Hecateriark’s Church, was waiting for his train to go back home: fate showed its hand when it made the priest get on that very same train which was still under attack by the mysterious troopers. Angered by the spiteful behaviour of his aggressors, he entered the fray, determined to redeem them all. In a series of unbelievable coincidences, two other men boarded that very same train: the bounty hunter JJ and a strange gunman dressed with a long black coat. The battle raged as the train made its way through the city, but, even with their uncommon skills and equipment, the trooper could not stand the five men counter offensive; just when The Spectre was about to get hold of one of the soldiers and question him, they activated some kind of self destructive device, exploding in a tremendous fireball, devastating to the point of wrecking the monorail out of its track (first accident of this kind ever occurred since the opening of the line). 
The security system switched the whole train to the ethereal plane to avoid crushing the people walking in the streets and the whole convoy sunk into the ground, supposedly toward the escape routes underground. Instead, the wagon where the five men stood crashed once more, probably against some kind of structure abusively built and protected against ethereal intrusion. This could only be some kind of corporative secret lab. Puzzling themselves about the reason of such an attack and on the identities of the attackers, the Five moved on, trying to get also a hint about what they had crushed into. Exploring the facility, they soon discovered that it had been hastly evacuated and that it looked like a medical installation. Further investigation confirmed that this was a lab used to develop yet one another biochemical weapon to boost the company military power. The Corporative soldiers were still sweeping the place, trying to find who knows what. Soon the object of the soldiers research became clear to the Five men as well: various mutations infested the place and stalked the survivors for food. The Five dealt with them with increasing difficulty, risking their life in the last wave of mutated creatures, but they overcame even that in the end. As soon as the attack ceased, the Five Heroes found themselves in a yet worse situation: everything around themselves changed to a nightmarish vision of blood and rust with chilling noises in the distance. The spells and abilities of the Five worked only slightly in this hellish dimension and they could barely see in the ever increasing darkness. At last, they entered a room from which came a strange noise and found a disturbing teddy bear rolling back and forth as if it was keeping some kind of rhythm. It had a band aid stripped over its mouth and it occasionally leaked blood from inside. In the end the Five Brave Heroes removed the band aid revealing a corpse like mouth with rotten teeth. The stitched eye also fell to reveal a snake like eye and the “creature” began to talk. His words were mostly a confused babbling about an Egg and the Forthcoming of some kind of terrible master who would have brought pain and torment to everything and everyone. It mentioned that the time was drawing closer: in fact, it was already there. For what concerned Itself, the “teddy bear” said he was there to hide itself, because “He” was looking for it and “He” got disappointed if it talked to others. Just when it finished this sentence, the screeching sound that echoed in the distance drew nearer and nearer until a terrifying man humanoid figure appeared: it looked like a tall man dressed with ripped clothing, his face featureless but with wrinkled stone like skin, two twisted horns protruding from his forehead. As a final touch, the creature dragged behind himself a huge axe, which screeched against the ground leaving the floor scarred in its passage. He seemed blind, or at least he paid no attention to the Five, but the teddy bear insisted he was looking for it and asked the Heroes to take it away; in exchange it would have pointed them to the exit from that nightmarish world.
Following the creature advice, the Five got to a teleportation platform where 10 footprints awaited their arrival (apparently, Their footprints) and got the hell out of there warping to the roof of the building belonging to the same corporation who owned the underground lab. 
Outside, the city was still living its night to the fullest and our heroes could witness two agile long haired figures jumping from roof to roof and sneaking into a tall building, but what seemed to be a simple theft fro a rich corporative lobby, soon turned to a terrorist attack. The two figures jumped out of the building and, pressing a button, blew it sky high. Observing the two silhouettes in the distance, the Five Heroes could swear one was looking down on them and, although they were pretty far away, they could feel its gaze on themselves: that gaze called back feelings of untamed beauty and calm, as if they were gazed upon by the clouds, moon and wind themselves. After looking at the Five for some time, the figures literally let themselves fall from the rooftop, disappearing from sight and leaving the Five with yet one more question for that unbelievable night: had they seen the infamous Touched in action?

-- Ending Theme: Midnight Blue

Characters Met During Chapter 1: StormTrigger

Name: Azrael the Spectre
Real Name: Unknown

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A stand alone vigilantes, the Spectre is fairly known among the Nocturnal population of EcatombCheriark for his combat prowess and his mysterious figure. Working as a security guard in the Hesperia Pub, The Spectre is always followed by a strange girl so pale and silent that she could be taken for a human sized porcelain doll. Aside for keeping such a large and troublesome place like the Hesperia relatively peaceful, Azrael is famous for bringing down many criminals and gangs which made the mistake to meddle in his territory. Nobody has ever seen the face of the Spectre or knows where he comes from: his visage his constantly hidden in the shadows cast by his hood just like his past, nonetheless all the weak know they can find shelter where the Spectre vigils.

Name: Ulthar
Real Name: Unknown
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A name that strikes fear even in the heart of the cruellest criminal, Ulthar is just a urban legend. Everywhere in the city, poor and weak tell stories of a powerful and invincible fighter that appears out of thin air to help those in need without asking nothing in return. Terror of those who live by stealing and abusing of those who can’t defend themselves, his name is often called in the streets in mystical awe: the police has been searching for him for a long time, but it seems that nobody has ever seen Ulthar and lived to tell the tale, not even those he helped (although the police suspects that some of those people would lie to protect him in turn).

Name: Father Maximus
Real Name: Father Maximus
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Upholder of the Word of the Ecatheriark, Father Maximus has little popularity outside the hierarchy of his church. To those far from the teachings, he his simply one of the infervorated followers of the monolithic church, and many other priests think this as well, considering him like an elder teacher (although he is not old at all). The high priests and those who trade in secret information, however, know better: Father Maximus is the Arm of the Ecatheriark, the one who carries over all the most important or dangerous orders. Orders coming directly from the First Sentencer of the Ecatheriark (Especially the Assassination orders). Faithful to the church deep down to his last thought, it is said that only the will of the Ecatheriark himself could stop Father Maximus from accomplishing his mission.

Name: Kyle Rashua
Real Name: Kyle Rashua
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Member of the Vigilantes Gang “Damage Inc.”, everybody agrees that the only thing that could scare Kyle is the angry voice of Yoko, the leader of the Damage Inc.. Always ready for battle, this young warrior has rapidly risen among the ranks of the band thanks to his determination and incredible combat prowess. True to the Gang like it was his true family, Kyle fights for his brothers and sisters without sparing himself and loves to collect trophies from his numerous battle: his battlegear is in fact created from a patchwork of items taken from his fallen foes. Thanks to his victories, the Damage Inc. is one of the most powerful gang of the city.

Name: Mr. Black (Sombrero(?))
Real Name: Unknown
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An unfathomable characters who deals in black magic and has superior shooting skills, little is known of him, besides the fact that he recently appeared in the west side of town and started gathering all kinds of info. He seems to know the underground very well and always carries a tarot deck which he uses for divination.

Name: The Teddy Bear
Real Name: Unknown
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Lone dweller of a bloody and dark dimension, this worn out teddy bear seems to house something far more terrifying than its shape would suggest. When first met, it always has a band aid strapped on its mouth and blood drips through it. when the band aid is removed, a hole in the fabric is revealed and inside the empty shell a corpse like mouth can be seen. The creature inside the Teddy Bear speaks with a low and rumbling voice about terrible events to come, but it is rarely conlcusive in its reasoning.

Name: The Guardian
Real Name: Unknown
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The only other inhabitant of the blood dimension, this mysterious creature appearlooks like a tall humanoid draped with really worn out cloths, his face a feautureless mass of metal wrinkles and its head sprouting two twisted horns. It wanders through the Blood Dimension apparently looking for the Teddy Bear (or what is inside the Teddy Bear) dragging along a gigantic axe. The only sound it makes is the screeching of its axe against the floor.

Name: Yuki Yumegami
Real Name: Yuki Yumegami
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Bartender of the Saiya Pub, Miss Yumegami isn’t very popular despite her beauty. Always hanging around in the slums in close contact with dangerous people, she has been marked has a punk and a troublesome girl by the “upstanding” members of the middle-upper class; on the other hand, in the suburb, she shuns the company of others, keeping her distance from gangs or any kind of friendship. Word is she despises the poverty that pollutes the Outer Circle and that she feels too good for this; trying to live a lifestyle beyond her means, she doesn’t care for those who have no money (the largest part of the Suburbs) and many believe she is the “pupil” (or better “bimbo”) of some high up corporative who can keep her good with expensive presents. Lunatic and bitter, she is probably still leaving in the Outer Circle due to the fact that those who have the money to pay for her company seldom have the patience to keep up too long with her behaviour.

Name: SpaceBilly
Real Name: Unknown
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Shapechanging killer, Spacebilly is a paranoid nightmare come true: he has the ability to morph his body height, weight and appearance to match any anatomy and his face could copy any men or women feature (and he could display animal features as well. Moreover, he is able to copy the personality, gestures, manners and memories of a victim by eating out his brain. Despite his natural abilities made him the perfect spy and corporate pirate, he always persecuted his own agenda of murders and theft without serving any corporation, probably satisfying some kind of personal deviation. His killing spree has recently come to an end thanks to the efforts of the ECA Police Department.