Excerpt: Holy Wars

In this world, the battle between good and evil is ever constant. People constantly strife for domination over one another while others try to help out where they can to defend human rights. However, with human ethics it's hard to define who is evil and who is not. Opinions on ethics are based on point of view, prone to human error. Thus, in this world normal creatures do not decide on those ethics, because they are flawed. Entities more powerful than mortal kin make the final judgement.
Far above or far below, as in popular believe, there is a heaven and hell. Together they form what's good and what's evil. The purity of their belief shapes the world, and brings the strife to the next level. Each side perfectly balances the other. Where there is good, there is evil, battling their eternal battles beyond mortals ken. Normally these entities exert little influence over the mortal world, only channels minor charms through prayers and invocations. Only in a very, very rare occasion, an entity will manifest itself upon the world, changing its face forever.
One such an occasion we observe today, in a temple at the outskirts of the city of Monoth. Out of view, a group of dark warlocks prepare their ritual...