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Guarding the Touchstones

admin — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:33:26 +0000

CEO Richard Barrows prepares for an audience with Purusha Ventures’ most guarded secret.

Art by Paul Azaceta. Copyright Eric Wallace, all rights reserved.

Character Bio: TRAVELERS

admin — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:27:41 +0000

They were human beings like us once, but their own bodies died long ago. Now they need human hosts to live again. They strike when we’re most vulnerable and use reflective surfaces—mirrors, glass, watery surfaces—as doorways in and out of the Ether. Each time a person dies, THEY get another chance to re-enter our world, taking possession of the human remains left behind. These are TRAVELERS…

And they could be anyone you know.

Every culture has legends surrounding them, tall tales about immortal beings who exist in the shadows, influencing the course of human history. Hushed whispers about Those Who Will Not Die…

They have been returning since the Dawn of Man, refusing to die, and defying the laws of nature to exist as living abominations. But where once there were few, now their numbers are growing. Soon they will become LEGION and establish a new evolution that will end human existence as we know it.

They must be stopped.

But how?

Character Bio: PURUSHA VENTURES

admin — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:34:40 +0000

Pu·ru·sha (pū’rə-shə) – n.

In Hinduism, purusha refers to the “cosmic” man, a primordial soul representing the essence of the entire universe. Sutra literature designates this essence as a “self” that connects the cosmos and eternity. Purusha is everything… it is the moon, the sun, and the wind… and it exists inside us all upon our creation.

It is the human soul.

Founded by CEO and reclusive billionaire RICHARD BARROWS, Purusha Ventures is the fourth largest corporation in the world. Built on groundbreaking advances in computer technology and software, it’s said that eight out of every ten computers in the world use Purusha operating systems. But this technological kingdom masks the corporation’s true agenda… one that CEO Barrows has hidden from the world: The detection and eradication of Those Who Will Not Die.

TRAVELERS.

With the power and financial backing of Purusha Ventures behind him, Barrows has spent the last decade hunting down and destroying these unholy beings. Then why has he now begun to study them? Only one woman knows the truth, Indian physicist DR. ESHANA RAO. As Barrows’ second-in-command, she’s become a steady and commanding presence at the Purusha Complex, located in the Arizona desert. What she has to offer Barrows is unknown as of yet.

But Dr. Rao has her own secret… one that will affect someone very close to Bodie and change both their lives forever.