PRE07 - The Choir

Designation

PRE07

Terms

• The Choir
• Chorus
• Death of Communication
  
• Distortion 
• Echo
• Fossil Type-PASSACAGLIA (Topography Genera Center)
  
• The Jubjub (Baker and Bellman)
• SHRIEKING (PRE03)
• Static
  

Description

PRE07 is known to manifest in three different forms, each of which shares a common modus operandi. These include a gray mold, a blurry image in one's peripheral vision, and a group of gray, humanoid shadows. Each form of PRE07 is distinguished by altering sound waves, typically resulting in what appear to be auditory hallucinations. These altered sounds frequently cause victims of PRE07 to hear others' words as critical or negative, regardless of actual speech.

PRE07 has been described as causing sound waves able to destroy glass, eardrums, human brains, etc. The upper limit of this ability's destructive potential is unknown.

 

Further Reading

• The Archive - PRE07: "Choir"
• CHANNEL FEAR - Them 9: The Choir
• A Charitable Life
• The Day The Music Died
• The Devil's Hour - Account 04: Burnout
• They Sought It With Thimbles - In a Soft Undercurrent of Sound 

 

Scribe's Note

So, this isn't mentioned anywhere in our official PRE07 documentation, and it's more or less completely unsubstantiated, but I have a hunch of sorts. PRE07 is presumably able to manipulate ultrasonic and infrasonic waves, and I think that could be why it sometimes manifests as shadows or blurs- it's been suggested that infrasound could potentially cause visual hallucinations by vibrating the eye, with the primary example being indistinct gray figures in one's peripheral vision.

Sounds familiar, doesn't it?

 

Again, though. Just a hunch.  

 

- Sθ

P13A00 - Nests

Designation

P13A00

 

Terms

• Aviaries
• Birdbrains
• Feather Heads
  
• Fleshcages
• Mansuits
  
• Nests
• Scarecrows
  
• The Scarred
  

 

Description

P13A00 are individuals containing instances of PRE13.

 

Most instances of P13A00 release their respective instances of PRE13 by cutting themselves open, allowing the release of PRE13 instances. Because of this, instances of P13A00 are commonly identifiable based on the presence of scars or wounds on their bodies. One notable exception is P13A12, Sergei Korchaviv (better known as the Faceless Bastard), who has a large hole where his face should be, allowing him to release PRE13 by removing his mask.

 

However, any wound can allow entry of PRE13 from instances of P13A00, regardless of whether or not said wounds are self-inflicted.

 

Some instances of P13A00 have been described as having PRE13 instances around them rather than within them, raising the question of whether or not they truly fit the P13A00 designation. However, as these instances are highly rare, a redesignation has not been deemed necessary for the foreseeable future.

Similarly, some instances of P13A00 have been described as being directly controlled by their respective PRE13 instances, colloquially being known as "Mansuits" as a result. As with the aforementioned issue of P13A00 instances whose respective PRE13 instances exist near them rather than within them, this type of P13A00 instance is deemed too rare to require a redesignation.

Further Reading

• The Archive - P13A27: "Witch of Gatlinburg"
  
• B-Movie Monsters - A Murder of Crows (19??)
  
• A Bird of the Air Shall Carry the Voice
• The Book of Cant - BIRDBRAIN (noun)
  
• CHANNEL FEAR - Them 8: The Convocation of Birds
  
• I am a Creature of Darkness
  
• The Most Dangerous Game - Birds of a feather
• Still Remains Within - Diner
  
• There are Birds Inside Me and I Have No Face
  
• The World Through These Eyeholes 

  

Scribe's Note

No idea why the higher-ups don't want to reclassify non-nesting Nests as P13B00 and Mansuits as P13C00. Tradition, I guess.

 

That, or it's just too much work to sticky note everything that calls them "P13A00" saying it's outdated, though I can't imagine that'd take long anyways.

- Sθ

PRE13 - The Convocation

Designation

PRE13

 

Terms

• The Bright Ones
  
• The Convocation
• The Convocation of Birds (The Free Radical) 
• The Encroaching Storm
  
• FEATHERED (PRE03)
  
• The Flock
  
• The Murder of Crows
• Odin's Sight
  
• The Storm
  
• Stratosfear (PRE32)
• The Stymphalian
  
• The Thunder and the Lightning
• The Unkindness of Ravens
• The Wake of Vultures
  

 

Description

Instances of PRE13 are birds of various different species. They frequently follow or attack victims, flock in groups which would not form naturally, and appear in areas to which they are not native. All instances are believed to share a single consciousness.

 

Instances of PRE13 are capable of generating lightning from their bodies.

 

Instances are also capable of entering human bodies, creating instances of P13A00 ("Nests"). Instances of P13A00 are primarily independent, albeit still under the influence of PRE13, but are sometimes instead fully controlled by the instances of PRE13 they contain.

 

It has been suggested that PRE13 itself is actually the lightning generated by the bodies of its birds, or, alternately, a force which inhabits both the lightning and the birds. Experimental data are currently inconclusive.

Further Reading

• Alexandria Memorias Chronicles - Dr. Vedder 
• The Archive - PRE13: "Convocation"
• B-Movie Monsters - A Murder of Crows (19??)
  
• A Bird of the Air Shall Carry the Voice
  
• The Book of Cant - Odin's Sight (noun)
  
• Burn the Sky
• CHANNEL FEAR - Them 8: The Convocation of Birds
• Convention of the 24 - [7/24] MiSSiNg STRATOSFEAR
• The Endless Autumn
• I am a Creature of Darkness
• Shaped Like Itself
  
• Still Remains Within
• There are Birds Inside Me and I Have No Face
• The World Through These Eyeholes
  

PRE09 - The Shadow People

Designation

PRE09

Terms

• The Dark
• Impressions
  
• Logos Black (PRE32)
  
• The Miracle
• The Nightlanders (Martin Behaim)
• The Nightmakers
• Regulars
  
• The Shadow Cartographers
  
• The Shadow People
• Shadowgraphers
• SILHOUETTE (PRE03)

 

Description

PRE09 is comprised of multiple instances, each of which resembles a human shadow. Instances exist and move independently of any caster, and, in some descriptions, independently of any surface.

Certain accounts describe instances of PRE09 as having "burning eyes," referring to a faint red glow sometimes accompanied by the production of heat. In addition to this detail, which is typical of the varying descriptions between different accounts of PREs, descriptions of the appearance of PRE09 instances are frequently self-contradictory, with one account describing instances as "simultaneously distinct and indistinct, blacker than night and yet blurring together."

Instances of PRE09 are capable of interacting with the outside world, in some accounts doing so by pantomiming interaction with shadows. 

Instances of PRE09 are known for their unusual behavior. They rarely seek out victims actively, and are most commonly sighted rearranging objects, often in a fashion described as particularly orderly. However, PRE09 appears to become hostile towards individuals interpreted as working against their goals. This hostility most commonly results from moving objects which PRE09 had previously rearranged, and may result in the rearrangement of the victim's anatomy. Instances of PRE09 have also been described as directly altering the minds of victims, which may result in coma, obsession with order, or a combination of paranoia, anxiety, and nyctophobia. No clear connection has been found between the actions of a victim and response by PRE09.

 

PRE09 appear to be either servants or former servants of PRE06 ("the Empty City"). In some accounts, they are described as forcing victims into PRE06, either physically or by threat, or as living within PRE06. Other accounts describe them as being averse to entrances to PRE06.

 

Further Reading

• The Archive - PRE09: "Shadow People" 
• Convention of the 24 - [16/24] MiSSiNg LOGOS BLACK
  
• Ontological 
• Tales of the Titans - Alicia
  
• Terrific
  
• They Sought It With Thimbles - Not A Well-Mannered Ghost
• This Could Be Heaven 

PRE24A - The Brute

Designation

PRE24A

Terms

• The Brute
• Cold Smoke (PRE32)
  
• Ferratus

Description

PRE24A is made of smoke and/or fire, and may or may not be described as humanoid in shape. Humanoid manifestations are often described as wearing patches of cloth and leather stitched together irregularly, often including a hood over its head. Certain sources describe protrusions similar to horns extending out of it at seemingly random points on its body.

 

PRE24A is associated with chains. Many sources describe it as being covered, wrapped, or bound in chains, and it may be chained to an anvil, which is presumed to be indestructible, given that PRE24A itself has not yet destroyed it.

Sources in which PRE24A is active, rather than being chained or dormant, describe it as capable of acts of immense strength. However, it is rarely described as intelligent, often characterized as functionally equivalent to a wild animal or a berserker from Germanic myths. 

While PRE24A's physical power is agreed to exceed that of a human by an unknown but high degree, it is best known for its ability to induce anger and aggression in humans, either as a result of proximity to PRE24A or due to it wrapping chains around the individual(s) in question. These chains may or may not physical in nature.

Individuals made aggressive by PRE24A may display unusual degrees of physical strength and/or speed.

Further Reading

• The Ashen Path
• Castle Fear - The Knight
• Chain Mail
• Convention of the 24 - [4/24] MiSSiNg COLD SMOKE - [4/24] MiSSiNg JEANNE D'ARC
  
• Once There Was - A Fire on Dunwich Beach
  

PRE24 - The Brute and the Burning Bride

Designation

PRE24

Terms

• The Brute and the Burning Bride
  

Description

PRE24 is not a single entity. The designation PRE24 refers collectively to PRE24A ("the Brute") and PRE24B ("the Burning Bride"), which are frequently described working together or acting as two halves of a single being.

 

Further Reading

Owing to the nature of PRE24, this list will include only those sources which deal with both PRE24A and PRE24B. Sources dealing with PRE24A, PRE24B, or both will also be included in the posts dealing with said sub-PREs.

• The Ashen Path
  
• Convention of the 24 - [4/24] MiSSiNg COLD SMOKE - [4/24] MiSSiNg JEANNE D'ARC 
• Once There Was - A Fire on Dunwich Beach
• Tales of the Titans - Where There's Smoke
  

From the journal of Paul Blakewood (01-01-1417)

The following document is the final entry in a journal originally located in Gainsthorpe, England. This entry was dated January 1st, 1417.

No prior entries appear to deal with any PREs or UXPs.

 

The journal was originally written in Middle English, but this document has been translated to Modern English by our own Scribe Delta, who has a background in linguistics.

 

Translation

I looked outside the window this morning, and the late Father Burroughs stood outside.

 

He was not standing on the path, but right in front of my window.

He beckoned to me. 

 

I walked outside. Confused and strangely excited all at once, I asked him why he had faked his death, how he had faked his death, why he had chosen to show me in particular that he was still alive. He shook his head.

 

I didn't understand, but then something happened. His body contorted and twisted until he had become my Joseph, who was torn from me by war.

This was not Father Burroughs. Father Burroughs had simply become part of what stood before me.

If Heaven itself was standing in front of me, what else could I do but its will?

Analysis

The journal's author, Paul Blakewood, is believed to be recorded in other accounts dealing with PREs in the months and years afterwards in the area. This includes one account in which a man identifying himself as "Apostle Paul" stalked an individual who refused to join PRE03 as he had.

 

That account ends ambiguously, but suggests that either "Apostle Paul" or PRE03 itself killed the individual keeping the journal, in a manner analogous to how many modern accounts of PREs and UXPs end with the author apparently dying.

- Sθ