Call of Cthulhu : Roots of Rotting Eternity

**Call of Cthulhu : Roots of Rotting Eternity** is a Story Arc of the the Exteria Multiverse. It takes place in Interra in the colonial era and follows the perspective of investigators Charlotte Madison Lewis and Howard Davis. It is a sequel to Call of Cthulhu : Broken Mirror Melody and is followed by Call of Cthulhu : Swallowed by Time's End.

## Main Arc

### In the Jungle

Charlotte Madison Lewis, an occultist and english and noblewoman, and Howard Davis, a professional soldier, are both sent to Myanmar (actual Burma) in colonial times, Charlotte out of interest for supposed supernatural phenomena, and Howard as a reinforcement for soldiers in a small town. There, they learn about several attacks from strange, human-like beasts, nicknamed Belu by the locals, that have stricken down townspeople in their sleep.

Despite not having much in common, Charlotte and Howard, united by fortune, seek help from the Royal Society and its envoy Genford Keaton, who agrees to help them unravel this mystery, and sends the strange albino soldier Bianca Merry alongside them, while lending them a powerful healing serum. The trio explores the jungle around the city, where they learn from isolated locals superstitions about a vengeful deity named Yazar.

### Otherworldly Influence

Further investigation leads them to a temple where Charlotte understands inscriptions about "Yiddhra", seemingly an Outer God. Before long however, they are attacked by 'Belu', in fact zombie-like humans, telepathically controlled by Yazar. One of them grievously wounds Howard, who only survives due to Keaton's miraculous medicine, allowing him to destroy the Belu and return the group to safety.
However, Howard's metabolism slowly shifts and starts resembling a Belu's own. To find answer, Charlotte attempts to investigate Olivia Norwind, the woman responsible for the Royal Society's research, but finds no answers, except a ruthless Belu ambush after leaving the place, leaving her to hypothesize Olivia had attempted to dispose of them in order to clean up any evidence of her own research.

### Root of All Evil

Returning to the locals, Charlotte and Howard find a temporary cure to his condition thanks to talented herborists, who reveal themselves as Yazar's grandparents. According to them, Yiddhra is not actually a cosmic entity but rather a massive fungal organism buried deep below Myanmar, with untold powers. Yazar's parents were tortured and killed by the Royal Society in order to learn about its properties, leading to Yazar's thirst for revenge.
Howard and Charlotte hurry to find Yiddhra, where they witness Yazar being bound to the fungal entity, controlling it from within - hence being able to manipulate the infected Belu. As they attempt to defeat Yazar, they quickly realize she has merged with mycelium and is in fact indestructible. Out of despair and looking for a way to save everyone else, Charlotte gives in to Yazar and merges with Yiddhra as well.

Now empowered by Yiddhra, but devoid of humanity, Charlotte is allowed to partly heal Howard, and stop Bianca - who is revealed to be a patient experimented upon by Olivia. Charlotte, still feeling lingering human fury, lashes out towards the Society and attempts to capture Olivia, but only finds Keaton - the young woman is long since gone, leaving her experimental site to burn, claiming her research for herself and forsaking Yiddhra.

## Characters

* Charlotte Madison Lewis
* Howard Davis
* Yazar
* Olivia Norwind
* Bianca Merry
* Genford Keaton
* Thitha

## Trivia

* Despite being inspired by Cthulhu lore, this storyline also shows similarities to the **M-Chronicles** series, and could be considered a bridge between both.