Final Rites

FINAL RITES PROTOCOL CONFIDENTIAL REPORT, ARCHIVE COPY OVERVIEW After a series of unexplained incidents in a remote village in northern Spain, a group of exorcists was dispatched. No further communication was received. Following the loss of contact, a secondary unit was authorized. Designation: FINAL RITES. This unit is not tasked with absolution. Its purpose is containment. THE SITUATION What began as a localized religious disturbance has escalated into a spreading condition affecting the entire region. The village appears intact, yet abandoned. Signs of daily life remain undisturbed, but no inhabitants are present. Inside, reality itself shows signs of instability: - spaces that do not match their external structure - doors leading to unknown locations - environments that shift and disorient THE THREAT Entities encountered are not fully understood. The dead do not remain at rest. Termination does not guarantee neutralization. Some entities resemble former inhabitants. Others do not correspond to any known form of life. In multiple cases: - movement occurs without visible cause - figures appear where no one is present - reflections act independently Destruction alone is insufficient. Something remains. BREACHES Certain locations act as transition points between realities. These are not conventional portals, but unstable openings where: - sound is distorted - light behaves irregularly - space itself becomes unreliable Personnel have reported crossing into environments that do not exist within known geography. Some have not returned. FAILURE OF EXORCISM Initial ritual procedures did not eliminate the presence. They altered it. What was once contained is now unbound. The situation is no longer a haunting. It is a spreading condition. YOUR ROLE You are part of the FINAL RITES unit. A military esoteric squad deployed when exorcism fails. Your mission is to: - investigate corrupted locations - engage hostile entities - perform sealing rituals - contain the spread You will explore abandoned structures, forests, and underground sites while confronting the aftermath of failed rites. Some threats can be destroyed. Others must be bound. DIRECTIVE - Do not rely on standard exorcism procedures - Destroy remains when possible - Apply sealing rites to stabilize affected areas - Do not assume cleared zones remain safe Engagement alone is insufficient. What is encountered must be contained. FINAL NOTE Recovered records from the first unit include the following: “We thought it was inside the village. It is not. The village is inside it.” END OF REPORT