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<p>A boy wakes alone, lying upon the altar of a long ruined temple.</p> <p>Soon he is taken in by the mysterious and cantankerous Old Mother Hecate, a dying crone with an uncertain past and even more uncertain motivations.</p> <p>Who can he trust? What is wrong with his soul? And why do the crows keep watching him?</p> <p>He who stares into the abyss is a dark fantasy story with elements of lit-rpg, progression fantasy, Lovecraftian horror, and traditional fairytales.</p> <p>The protagonist starts as a powerless child and must cope with the realities and horrors of being weak in a dark world where powerful beings known as 'immortals' scheme and conspire against one another and the few mortals powerful enough to play their games.</p> <p>Can he find the strength to keep himself and those he cares about safe from the beings that seek to use him as a pawn in their own machinations?</p>
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