The Apocryphal Lexicon
An introduction to heroes and villains.
All characters shown here are a ® and TM of David G. Hernández
D.G.H.G. is a ® 2021-2023 of David G. Hernández
The Unhallowed ®
An ancient evil awakened from the deepest, most remote region of the cosmos, deep within space. The Known Universe became aware of the vile and gangrenous presence quickly. It happened in the same violent way that the universe came into being. The creature known as The Unhallowed permeated the Known Universe, bleeding chaos upon all of its creations. It caused suffering and wreaked havoc on everything in its path. This creature, which is interconnected and yet interdependent, was created as an antagonistic force to the Life Bringer. This diseased organism was formed with a hungry thirst for destruction, as The Known Universe produces all life within itself.
The Traveler ®
Those before us had imposed behaviors, values, and dogma from birth and accepted them, generally without reasoning. Our elders pass these cultural aspects of life along through communication and imitation from one generation to the next. So often happen that deterrents present themselves in the form of life-changing events that causes creatures to deviate from their imposed path.
This new trajectory changes the way a being leads its life. Changes to one individual's status quo depend on how rooted these teachings are. If dogma is your culture, there is little chance that you will deviate from its teachings. But what if the most revered figures of your dogmatic practices were the ones who tell
you that all you know those far is a farce? Instead of using order to keep a balance between the chaos. Are your outstrip actions hurting the Universe that you have sworn to protect? The one they call The Traveler has found himself in this exact predicament.
The Traveler is a figure of much authority within The Known Universe. A Law Lord in charge of imparting order to a state of chaos. No longer willing to accept his role, he embarks on a dangerous journey to find his true purpose.
The Voice ®
The Voice in the Shadows is, for the most part, the main narrator in our story. A distinctive raspy, echoing voice that torments the character known as The Traveler seems to emanate from a place known only by few as The Void. A bottomless hole in the Universe deprived of stars and filled with darkness. She seems dead set on tormenting and debasing him to buck him. Pinpointing her exact location is a mystery even to someone as powerful as a Law Lord. Her insights about chronological events
seem to place her in the same class as an omniscient being, yet, this is not her case.
By her accounts, she had seen the same timeline countless times from beginning to end. She hopes that her interventions will affect a particular outcome. One within the accursed canonical timeline, she is cursed to relive time and again. She hopes that another route will cause a different result. However, there's a limit to what she can and cannot do. Her power and influence are enough to corrupt even the strongest of creatures.
It is hard for anyone to know whom to trust. Even the most hollowed creatures seem to have their twisted version of the truth. In this Universe, someone of profound evilness may be the most sincere.
Daystar ®
Imagine being the favorite child among a family of seven children. Now imagine being the favorite among billions of brothers and sisters. The most trustworthy, the one above all others. She is called the Bearer of Light, and her beauty is like no other life form in creation. It is no wonder that every precious gemstone ever forged mirrors her beauty.
The rhetoric Daystar was capable of snaring anyone with only a few words. Daystar's allure and tongue were more powerful than any savage weapon ever built. But as it often happens to most of the creatures deemed perfect. Her charm turned into an instrument for manipulation and corruption.
It started with the forging of the key. An ancient talisman. It guards the gates of a prison that holds the beast with the power to annihilate everything in creation. Whatever dark force resided within the gate exerted a will of its own. In time the emblem became corrupted, and its keeper Daystar shared a similar fate. Nowadays, Daystar has become a flippant being. Disobedient, with tyranny and insurrection in her mind. She often toys with the only thing safeguarding the Universe from utter destruction.
Malefactor ®
The self-dubbed Saint Malefactor is a creature that is exceptionally calculating and unruly. His deviousness, antagonism, and cruelty within the omniverse are folktales among gods. As a cautionary tale to other gods, the sovereigns of each pantheon describe him as someone willing to decimate multitudinous universes, to further his agenda. Others who claim to have met him tell of his contrasting principles and are often used as examples to ridicule flaws in humanoids or beings of absolute power.
The mention of his name invokes the accounts of his odd behavior. Witnesses claim that he finds the social behavior of living beings curious. He has a beguiling tone of voice, well manners, and a professorial demeanor. A contrast when it comes to his genocidal and destructive nature. The unfortunate, who happens to cross his path and live to tell the tale, often speak of his aura. A warm glow that allows him to influence most sentient creatures. The legend goes that it often makes others willing to profess intimate secrets. For a short time, nigh-omnipotent minds have fallen for these abilities.
Saint Malefactor is often associated with someone of unquantifiable power—a strategic master of a superhuman mental capacity. More than a man, the self-proclaimed "patron saint of ungodly deeds" is a force. One that has displayed an unlimited faculty to manipulate time, space, and reality. The creation and destruction of alternative realities are the product of his reality-warping powers. The elder gods. Those few who claim to have escaped alongside him the intergalactic prison known as the Void say that his inherited ability of power absorption had made him an infinite omnipotence creature. Some say that he is one of the supreme beings within the omniverse. His power is to such an extent that he can kill a version of a deity in all realities of every universe. So far, he possesses no inherent weaknesses. Then again, Malefactor is a creature known to stretch the truth. All these supposed abilities could be the work of his influence. Or it may all be true.