Anarchy

Art by Austen Mengler

**Anarchy** was a Fleshcrime on Glies that was created by Sinning Simon while researching Tyre's work.

## Description

Anarchy appears in the *Shrine of Sin* campaign after being accidentally released by Worgh the Wyrd who destroyed the power supply keeping it caged. It appears to be a failed Depthar created by Sinning Simon.

### Appearance

Anarchy appears as a large mass of bodies and faces combined together into a large meaty body. It has various tentacle arms and blade arms on its body.

## History

### Shrine of Sin

While in the Shrine of Sin, Worgh comes across a room with a tube transporting necormanic energy. He decides to destroy the tube for power. Necromantic energy is unleashed into the room, and the ends of the now shattered tube seal up. Luckily, Worgh has not disintegrated from taking the brunt of the energy, and the healers treat his wounds. Meanwhile, Akakai hears a sound from the hallway and investigates. The sealed door that prevents the flesh from escaping is no longer sealed, so she calls out for the party. However, Fleshcrime Anarchy reveals itself to the party, and its central head asks the party to wait.

It states it does not have any intention to hurt the party and repeats its request for help. Worgh says he will do so if the creature helps to kill Simon, but the central head says that it does not kill. Its voice changes to an ominous tone when it mentions “kill”, and various body parts begin to assault the central head. Akakai sees that this creature is going through a very familiar process of a Yokai transforming into an Akuma. With Verp by her side, she places a purification tag on the suffering creature. Anarchy becomes pacified as though it is dazed, but another voice demands to know who is interfering with this creature. The Silver King demands Akakai to release Anarchy from her magic, but she adamantly refuses. As Akakai places a second tag over the first, the voice yells “we will find you, then eat your flesh” as it fades.

Akakai sees that this creature is unlike Yokai and Akuma, where there is a distinct split between what is corrupt and what is not, but here she sees many different shades of grey. This creature is made up of several beings, and the party has been speaking to its most coherent and strongest personality. Akakai can either kill them all and end their suffering, or she can save one while the rest joins the King’s hivemind. She doesn’t hesitate and starts the purification ritual. The Silver King attempts to break through Joey’s protection, which almost falters, but Verp provides his own divine energy, empowering Akakai. The tags burn in a blue flame, forming a Blue Cross. The Fleshcrime is gone, and all that remains is a woman.

As Akakai completes the purification of the Fleshcrime, choosing to save the most intact mind, a Glien Elf emerges from the sloughing flesh. As they question the Elf, who calls herself Miko Kaaz, she explains that she used to assist Simon in his research. While celebrating a breakthrough in their progress, she passed out while drinking. When she awoke, Simon was already halfway done with the stitching. As Akakai talks to Miko, Kenji and Verp investigate the lab room where the Fleshcrime was. In a ledger, Simon recorded the steps of his stitching, implying he has plans to repeat this. The text also reads that the stitching produces life energy, which fuels the facility. Losing this fuel downgrades the facility’s functions. In the last bit is a list of family names with some crossed out. The annotation notes “fusion between people is more powerful the closer that those people are in life.” Verp destroys this knowledge by eating the pages.

## References

1. ↑ Shrine of Sin: Episode 08
2. ↑ Shrine of Sin: Episode 09