The Chained Man

CodeName: The Chained Man

Personnel: Lead: Leo

Support: Capricorn and Pisces

Risk Level: Hostile

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Leo: Alright let's see, it looks like most of the attacks occur when walking near the fence, so let's start there.

Not soon after they started walking, the three of them started to hear rattling sounds.

Capricorn: You hear that?

Leo: Sweet, it wasted no time.

Leo slipped on his gloves and prepared for a fight.

Suddenly multiple chains shot out from the dark.

Leo immediately slammed his hands on the ground and cloaked himself in stone, the chains wrapped around his body and tried to pull Leo, but Leo stayed in place due to the stone armor being fused with the ground.

Pisces chanted

"He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart Psalm 91:4"

An angel raced from the heavens and surrounded Pisces,and like Leo's armor, the chains wrapped around the Angel's body but couldn't move it.

Capricorn quickly pulled out out his book of spells but before he could say a word the chains knocked it out of his and grabbed his body

The chains quickly dragged his body across the land with Leo and Pisces chasing after.

Suddenly the chains stopped and released Capricorn.

Capricorn, confused, stood up and brushed the dirt off his close.

Pisces: Are you ok?

Capricorn: Yeah I'm fine.

Leo: why did you pull out a book, why didn't do that chanty thingy like Pisces.

Capricorn: I can't remember quotes by heart.

Leo: Why not, its basically all you got.

Capricorn: Yeah I bet it's easier in english, but I specialize in latin spells.

Leo: Latin?

Capricorn: Yeah, The chants are longer and sometimes requires tools, but is very powerful.

Leo: Well that's good to know, when you need more time for your spells, let me know next time.

Capricorn: Will do.

Leo: anyways, why did it let go?

Capricorn: I don't know, maybe it wants us here.

Pisces: Let's do a summoning spell.

Leo: That's a good plan, if there was only one soul on the land, but remember there's others.

Capricorn: He's right, we don't want to summon the wrong spirit.

Leo was looking around and spotted something peculiar.

Leo: Hey doesn't that post look a little ominous to you guys?

Capricorn: Looks like a regular post to me.

Leo: No, its definitely a hanging post.

Pisces: isn't it a little short.

Leo: That's the thing, this must be a gibbeting post.

Pisces: Gibbeting?

Leo: Yeah, Gibbeting was the practice of locking criminals in human-shaped cages and hanging them up for display in public areas as a warning to others.

Usually left alive until they starved to death or exposure.

Capricorn: That's sickening.

Pisces: So do you think the soul was trying to bring us here, but why?

Leo: I don't know. Hold on let me try something.

Leo pressed his hand on the ground and used seismic sense.

Leo: I found something, looks like a fallen post, and I think there's a body attached to it.

Leo pointed in the direction of where it was.

Once they arrived, they dug out the post and were shocked from what they found.

Pisces: Is this the thing that's been haunting the grounds.

Capricorn: let's see.

Capricorn placed his hand on the corpse, and went through its memory.

Capricorn: Done.

Leo: That was quick, well who is he?

Capricorn: A pirate.

Leo: Pirate? He's a long way from the water.

Capricorn: Well here's the story.

Capricorn proceeds to tell Leo and Pisces what he saw.

He was Captain of a pirate crew, amounted vast riches and decided to settle down, he bought this land and married the love of his life, but then his past came back to haunt him. You see his crew wasn't happy that he left, and they suspected that he hid his fortune that he kept secret from his crew. They hunted him down, killed his wife a strung him up, and tried to extract the information from him, he died before they got the info.

Leo: So what now?

Pisces: We can try to release him, send him off.

Leo: Will it work?

Capricorn: That's exactly what he wants, to be freed from the imprisonment.

Leo: cool sounds simple.

Leo broke the cage and removed the body and laid him down.

Leo: There all done.

Capricorn: Not quite, we still have to set his soul free.

Leo: Well that sounds like your department.

Capricorn study's the markings on the cage.

Capricorn: This just got a little more complicated.

Leo: What's wrong.

Capricorn: his soul is confined to this cage by three blood curses.

Leo: So what?

Capricorn: We'll have to cancel out each one with our own blood verses.

Leo: I may not be well read in curses and such, but it sounds like you're going to use blood...

Capricorn: Relax I can use mine, not much is needed.

Leo: Alright let's get on with it.

Capricorn made a tiny cut in the palm of his hand let it drip onto the cage.

Before Capricorn could utter a word, a flood of water rush over their feet. They  all turned around and saw a ship gliding across the water.

Pisces: is that... an actual pirate ship? here!

Leo: Uh oh looks like someone wants him to stay put.

Leo place his hands to his side and used fire to propel himself up and started running in the air towards the ship.

Capricorn: Okay, I'll admit, that's pretty cool.

Pisces: I'll form a barrier incase some of them get through.

Thanks to the water, the blood that Capricorn placed on the cage washed away.

Capricorn lift the cage onto higher ground, and proceeded to redo the blood verses.

From the distance Pisces could see bright flashes of fire and lighting coming from on board the ship, and sharp rocks protruded from the ground halting the ships advance.

The ship drifted sideways and multiple flaps opened up and cannons started firing.

Pisces quickly went on the defensive.

Pisces: "Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust. Psalm 91:1-2"

A bright light appeared and dissipated, and what was left was what people would call "Heaven's Gate"

The cannon balls were stopped by the walls, and Pisces used her powers to repair the walls at the same time.

Pisces was keeping up but it was taking a toll.

Pisces: Hurry Capricorn, I don't know long I can hold this.

Capricorn had just finished preparing the blood verses.

Capricorn: ok I'm starting.

"Sacrificium me adducere et sanguis Iesu Christi, Filii Dei, in universum sanguinem sacrificia et ritualia, et omnis disceptarent adversum me:"

The first seal rusted and crumbled away.

"Et sanguis in nomine Iesu Christi et in virtute, et conteram et custodia omnis volucris maledicta, quæ in religione non venit ad me immolationis"

Second seal rusted and broke away

Capricorn: Okay final one.

"Et sanguis in nomine Iesu Christi et in virtute, et conteram excipiat omnia maledicta quae in alium transferre homini per quem venisti ad me"

The third seal rotted and vanished.

The spirit formed in front of Capricorn.

Captain: Thank you, I'm finally free.

The spirit flew onto the heaven and dissapeared.

Capricorn turned his attention towards the fight.

The pirates screams can still be heard and the cannons were still firing.

Pisces was about to keel over from exhaustion.

Capricorn: Thanks Pisces, let me take over.

Pisces stepped back.

Capricorn: I don't get it why are they still fighting, it's over, the captains gone.

Immediately right after Capricorn said that, the cannons ceased firing.

Pisces: is it over?

Capricorn: I think so.

The gates lowered and Pisces and Capricorn saw the ruins of a wrecked pirate ship receding back into the fog.

Leo came crashing down from the sky.

Leo: Took you long enough.

Capricorn: Sorry, I didnt realize the fight would still be going on after I released the soul.

Leo: oh so I saved the day then.

Capricorn: what? What makes think that?

Leo: I killed them all.

Capricorn: Come again?

Leo: Yeah I killed all the pirates, every last one.

Capricorn: Sometimes I forget how scary you hunters can be.

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TRANSLATIONS FOR THE BLOOD VERSES.

Google translate does not do a good job

Translating these phrases to Latin, so sorry if I butchered the phrases for anyone who knows latin.

1. I bring the blood sacrifice of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, his blood shed upon the cross, against all blood sacrifices and rituals and their every claim against me.

2. In the name and by the blood of Jesus Christ, I break the power and hold of every curse that has come to me through ritual or ritual sacrifice.

3. In the name and by the blood of Jesus Christ, I break the power and hold of every curse that has come to me through transfer by another human being.