No one knows exactly when this began, but

                                           for a long time now the Earth has been

                                           getting consumed, devoured, by a great, cosmic

                                           creature that exists outside of our perception

                                         

                                           The Devourer exists on a plane in which we all

                                           inhabit, but cannot see, because humans never

                                           developed the senses necessary to see it. It

                                           consumes the world, not only physically, but

                                           also mentally, spiritually, breaking down not only our bodies, but also our sanity. Its hunger

has reached a point where it manifests as our

greatest nightmares, drinking deep on our

resulting madness. Horrific, mutilated beings

which can rend both mind and flesh overrun

the Earth.

 

The Devourer is not the only thing that can

not be seen - For millennia, upon occasion, a

person is born who can see, and even sometimes

manipulate, the realm of Anathema, The Furnace.

A side of the world engulfed in flame and iron,

home to frightening, horned creatures, the

                                                                furnace has inspired images of

                                                                what many religions across

                                                                the world consider a place of

                                                                damnation. This may or may

                                                                not be the case, as there is                                                                    no evidence to support the

                                                                existence of souls, even in

                                                                this realm, but it certainly

                                                                does seem hellish to those

                                                                few who can see it.

 

                                                                Lilith, a fire performer who

                                                                has always felt a connection to dark things, gains the ability to perceive and invoke the power of the furnace, learning of the cosmic Devourer just as the Earth passes through its horrific maw. The flames of her performance are not of Earth - they are of Anathema, and the only force that can destroy that which exists outside of physical reality.