My Greatest ally.

Faceless you are making this so much easier on me.

The local news has picked up on The Artificial Dying Men consindering them to be some form of new epidemic. They have also taken notice of people murdering "the victims of this terrible plague". With the local riots going on and the already tense atmosphere you're just feeding the flames. Already people are blaming the murders on the government and are even connecting the whole event to the little war you and your friends had recently. Mysterious events are food for The Conspiracy theorists and revolutionaries. I hardly even have to use my powers now.

If I didn't want to kill you with every fiber of my being I'd thank you.

Because of you This country stands at the brink of a revolutionary war. I can't wait to see how they respond to the razing of an entire town.

I've found him.

I found the place where he first appeared on this earth. I have traced his history all the way back to this simple grove. A place of worship for an old tribe known as The Semnones. This is where his power is. This is where I must return once the rest of my work is complete. How do I know his power is here. I stand here completely solid. All of my power returned. It wanes again once I leave The Grove. This is his place. Now to bring him back. Time to go check on my work.

Archon of Chaos

Local newspaper: "A friendly protest randomly devolved into a riot yesterday. Police were called in and after a short standoff between the police and the rioters. One of the police opened fire on the crowd and certain members of the crowd pulled out their own guns and fired back. The death toll has hit 37. 23 rioters and 14 police men. The rest of the rioters were arrested or fled but public dissent has increased due to the violent action of the police officers on scene."

It feels good seeing the fruit of my work. Sadly I have a new lead and so I'm heading to europe today and won't be able to influence this any further.

My plan is twofold.

1. Find The Brute's location and more specifically his main area of concentration.

2. Cause violence and war in an effort to further his powers.

I have made some headway on both.

I have found out The Brute has had some very recognizable names in the past.

He has been called: Ares, Tyr, Sekhmet and pretty much every other god of war or occasionally goddess in history. In fact apparently to those on the victor's side he is considered a powerful ally. I wonder if any of the other fears were ever seen as something beneficial as compared to something horrifying?

Regardless from this I can more easily trace his roots.

On the second front I merely focused on the offensive and defensive portions of my powers in the past. Turning people to smoke and turning myself into smoke. Of course my powers extend beyond that. I can manipulate people and cause them to experience fits of violent rage. I am currently as we speak causing a protest to turn into a riot. The police will arrive shortly. Once they arrive I shall try my best to get some murder going and then Brute willing all hell will break loose.

A minor nuisance.

So it seems The Bastard has been alerted to my return.

It was inevitable he would find out eventually. I had no real intention of keeping it secret. I had however hoped it would take slightly longer.

Proxiehunter will burn for this.

I cannot work against him yet but he seems too preoccupied to deal with me either for the moment. Regardless I must step up my work.

I have found a promising lead.

The Brute is not dormant as it is believed. He is merely severely weakened. His presence is still noticeable in places of civil unrest or war.

Recently I heard a statement. Apparently a soldier overseas was court martialed. On a routine patrol he randomly burst into a civilian home and butchered the inhabitants than mutilated the corpses and burnt down the entire place before going on a small but significant killing spree through the civilian populace. As a result the civilians in the area have turned against the soldiers and riots and civilian attacks have began throughout the area. This on it's own is interesting but not proof. It's what the soldier said during the trial that intrigued me. He said that shortly before the killing "...My eyes began to water and my vision became blurry like I was looking through smoke. I felt hot and had a sudden desire to kill. So I did. I slaughtered those people like animals and it was glorious..."

Vision turning blurry? Like looking through smoke?

Sounds familiar doesn't it?

Still alive.

I'm still alive. It has taken months to reform even to this point but I am still alive.

The Faceless Bastard thought I was stupid enough to put my entire being in danger?

Of course not.

Smoke doesn't need to stay together to live. I left part of myself behind when I went to challenge him.

Still the destruction of most of my being was a nuisance. A few wisps of smoke can't contain much power. I was unable to return to solidity for months. Even now I can not remain solid for long.

I will have my revenge but first I must regain my powers. There is one simple way to do this.

Bring back my benefactor. The Forgotten Fear. The being known as The Brute.