Black Axis

**Black Axis** or the **Black Axis series** is the first of many series of stories that take place within the AXIS Universe, encompassing different worlds and timelines (or often regarded as worldlines). Within the series, there are different independent instalments with various stories are narrated through the perspective of different protagonists, though themes and recurring elements are present in the respective plots.

## Instalments

### Black Axis: Atrose

**Platform:** RPG Maker VX Ace

*Atrose* tells the story of an astrology-derived magician named **Gunther Mahaphan**, who has predicted several prophecies that involve an evil entity being resurrected or summoned into the world. Prior to the current timeline, Gunther, along with a group of magicians stopped a prophecy which he foresaw, though it costed the lives of his friends and innocent people. Ridden with grief and guilt, Gunther left the path of magic and joins a monastery as a monk. A few years later, Gunther receives a prophetic dream after a long time of not having seen one, with the prophecy he previously stopped being reborn by the same cult known as Zebulon. At the same time, he receives a visit from an old friend, a Malay magician named **Hazreen Ilyas**, who comes to seek his help.

Meanwhile, in Pellingham City, which is located in a Southeast Asian island nation named Caligo, a private company known as Atrose, led by **Ignatius Caesar**, is receiving much attention not only due to being at the height of its prestige, but also due to circulating rumors describing cases of missing persons and other strange events surrounding the company.

### Black Axis: Lodge of Horrors

**Platform:** RPG Maker VX Ace

Formerly known as *The Blood Lodge* and *Oyurev*, *Lodge of Horrors* features a model named **Leonard Daniels**, who goes on a vacation to a peaceful and scenic seaside resort called Mystic Bays along with his friend, actor **Hans Silver**. A couple of days into the vacation, they discover that the resort they are staying in is not what it seems.

### Black Axis: The Crimson Manor

**Platform:** RPG Maker VX Ace / RPG Maker MZ

Formerly known as *Oyurev*, *The Crimson Manor* tells the story of a man named **Arthur Wong**, nicknamed **Artie**, who works as a transporter of sorts, providing freelance courier services to various people and organizations, including underworld organizations from the mundane side, to the magical ones. He appears in *Atrose* as one of the main characters. In the story, Arthur and his partner were inadvertently dragged into a cult-related conflict, which eventually led to his partner's death and him sinking deeper into the conflict. He is saved by an old friend, a shady businessman with a mysterious charm named **Levi Friedman**, and meets two other people who are also involved in the conflict: a buoyant fighter and adventurer with strange abilities, **Sonchai "Santana" Wattanakul**, and an archeologist-slash-magician, **Nasha "Nash" Khawrazi Khor**, who has the ability to summon powerful entities.

Following Artie's ascension to protagonist status, his following spinoff series is given the name *The Freightsman*.

### Black Axis: The Siren Banner

**Platform:** RPG Maker 2000

*The Siren Banner* takes place three years after the events of *The Crimson Banner*.