YMMV / The Long Shalom

• Complete Monster:
  • Emicho Hadrian is one of the ancient Tenebrae, or Umbral, and is the most diabolical entity that Alan Aldenberg has ever faced. A dark god from a dark universe, Hadrian has tormented humanity for many ages, targeting the Jewish people specifically to feast upon their blood and empower himself; The Crusades were just one of his Hadrian's exploits to decimate the Jewish population. Reawakened from his imprisonment by ambitious humans, Hadrian takes the entire town of Grace hostage to force a noble rabbi to turn the Jewish protector golems into attack dogs for Hadrian's minions in a sacrilegious blasphemy. Hadrian has his followers round up dozens of minority people who "won't be missed" by those in power, having the victims tortured to death in bloody rituals for Hadrian to feast upon their pain and gore. His ultimate goal being the total annihilation of humanity to usher his dark brethren into a new realm, Hadrian plans to slaughter all of Grace to give himself enough power to kickstart a genocide campaign against all Jews, starting with millions on the East Coast of America before wiping the rest out as the start of total human extermination.
  • Councilman Martin Cromwell is a bigoted politician who secretly leads a cult worshiping Hadrian. Having summoned the Tenebrae representative in order to use his power to obtain money and control over New York City, Cromwell has tons of minorities and Jews who he thinks nobody will miss imprisoned, tortured, and brutally sacrificed to Hadrian. Kidnapping a rabbi and forcing him to create golems that Cromwell uses to kill those who stand in his way, Cromwell's ultimate plan involves sacrificing the entire Jewish population of Grace to Hadrian, just to get his favored candidate elected Mayor of New York City.
  • Carlo Bianchi is an antisemitic, bigoted mobster and former associate of Alan's who was willing, unlike Alan, to murder a child witness. Carlo and his men act as the muscle for Hadrian and Cromwell's scheme, playing a big role in rounding up "sacrifices" for Hadrian; in return, Carlo will become a big player in the New York underworld, while using golems to make sure "[n]o population gets too big." In addition, Carlo holds threats over the people of Grace in order to force a Rabbi to create the golems for him and Hadrian.

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