Babylon A.D.

Description

Everyone has a price.
What's yours?

Foreword

It is said that the mind and soul are connected by a network of small neural pathways that help make up the human body. Each individual’s mind and soul are unique, holding memories and information precious to them. The mind works as a filing cabinet; each piece of vital information is stored away, waiting to be unlocked. The soul works as a life force, often regarded as immortal. But what happens when the connection between the mind and soul is severed? What happens when the soul is ripped from the body of a living entity?

That’s a little more complex to explain. The connection is what stabalises the mind and soul; what keeps them functioning, and as one entity. The balance between the good and evil within a body is kept; the inner demons remain dormant. Without the connection, however, the body becomes unbalanced. 

These being, no longer capable of logical thought cannot find the balance between good and bad, allowing the darkness to consume them; the inner demons that once lay dormant consume their soul, leaving only hatred and anger behind. They wander the Earth in search of the purest of souls to consume, in hopes of, someday, reverting to their former self.

However, with every soul they devour, another life is consumed by the darkness; another life, no longer able to fight their inner demons, falls into the unavoidable future of a Syphoner; a being who feeds upon the souls of the living.
There exists a force of warriors whose sole purpose is to eliminate Syphoners; to protect those still living. These warriors, determined to save the small population of the Living, risk their lives and all they’ve ever known to prevent the Syphoners from breaching the walls of the Last City of the Living. 

But what would happen if a Syphoner was to find their way into the city undetected? What would become of the few survivors of the human race? 

What if the Syphoner was let into the city by one of the very people trying to defend it? 

What if ...