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.

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P03B00 - Apostles

Designation

P03B00

Terms

• Apostles

 

Description

P03B00 are a group of servants to PRE03 who act as the leaders of P03A00 and are thought to have been personally chosen by PRE03. There are always twelve of them at any given time. Depending on the current group, the members of P03B00 may be more or less communicative with one another; some accounts describe them as a sort of council, making decisions for P03A00 collectively, but most describe them as a looser group, connected more by a shared role than by organizational structure or by contact with one another.

 

As noted in the P03A00 post, members of P03B00 are considered viable leaders of P03A00 because they are believed to take orders directly from PRE03. Whether this is true or not is unclear, but some are described as exhibiting anomalous capabilities, unlike members of P03A00, meaning it seems likely.

 

Further Reading

• The Thirteenth Apostle
   

P03A00 - The Timberwolves

Designation

P03A00

Terms

• Angels 
• Puppies
  
• The Timberwolves

 

Description

P03A00 function as a combination gang and cult in service to PRE03. They originated as a mundane gang who named themselves the Timberwolves for their territorial and aggressive nature prior to being taken over by a member of P03B00 and converted to a religious organization. P03A00 still retain aspects of a gang of that nature, including violent actions, territorial behavior, and the manufacturing and sale of illegal drugs, including creating and selling new designer drugs of their own (e.g., "Bliss," "Archangel Dust").

Members of P03A00 tend to be openly hostile and violent. Targets are usually those PRE03 is itself targeting, though members of P03A00 may also attack others with the aim of defending their territory or out of a general proclivity for violence.

 

P03A00 often use shared symbols to identify themselves to non-members and claim territory. The most common example is an icon of two triangles overlapping or two hourglasses side-by-side (the "Seal of the Archangel" or "Twin Triangles").

P03A00 also commonly use the phrase "embrace the Archangel." However, this particular phrase is not only a calling card but a command to become one with PRE03, either by serving it in life or by joining it in death.

P03A00 are among those who believe PRE03 to be the afterlife itself. Accordingly, they worship and serve PRE03 the same way that a Christian might want to enter Heaven after death and attempt to ensure they will by following what they believe to be the commands of their God.

Much like an ordinary gang or cult, P03A00 often recruit those who are vulnerable and have no other place to turn to, such as those experiencing depression, financial instability, or the recent death of a loved one. They offer clear goals and rules to those who feel unwanted, unmotivated, or uncertain. They offer a framework that explains what is wrong with the lives of potential recruits: the world is sinful, and that sin must be cleansed so that when PRE03 enters the world in its fullest form, it will not reject us, but embrace us.

Another trait P03A00 share with a mundane cult is their tendency to convince members to cut ties outside of the group, making them lose perspective of the outside world, making it so others can not convince them to leave P03A00, and making them feel like they have no other sources of community or guidance if they begin to doubt the group.

P03A00 are led by P03B00 ("the Apostles"), who are thought to be personally chosen and guided by PRE03. P03B00 act as channels through which PRE03's goals can be understood and carried out by P03A00. The relationship is not wholly unlike that of P04A00 (those of us in the Archive) and P04B00 (the Gifted); one group of servants is handpicked by their patron PRE, while the other trusts their PRE and, by extension, those they have chosen personally.

 

Further Reading

• after hours
  
• Angels From The Grave
• The Most Dangerous Game - Archies Puppies: The Timberwolves
  
• The Thirteenth Apostle
  

PRE03 - The Archangel

Designation

PRE03

 

Terms

• The Angel of Death
  
• The Archangel 
• Archie
• Azrael (Oswald O. Lynch)
• Bringer of the Dead
  
• Choronzon (PRE32)
• The Ferryman
• Fossil-Type HADES (Topography Genera Center)
  
• Osiris
• The Resurrection Man
  
• Thanatos
• The Walrus (Baker and Bellman)
  

 

Description

PRE03 is capable of using multiple appearances, all of which are identical to those of deceased individuals. Known examples include a priest dressed in white, a World War I soldier wearing a gas mask, and a young adult male wearing a gas mask and black jacket and armed with a rifle and baseball bat. The latter two forms, particularly the last, are commonly referred to as "Gas Mask."

PRE03 may also manifest as a deceased friend, relative, or other associate of its current target.

 

Regardless of its current appearance, PRE03 is capable of superhuman acts of strength, particularly when using melee weapons, meaning it is advisable to attempt to exit the area by any means necessary if you believe it may be present.

 

Similarly to PRE01, PRE03's behavior and apparent motives vary between accounts. Some sources describe it as aggressive, using weapons corresponding to its current appearance (e.g., a rifle and trench raiding club when using the aforementioned "WWI soldier" appearance), while others describe it as passively observing its target, often from a distance.

 

The Topography Genera Center East website describes PRE03 as wandering peacefully in pursuit of unknown goals, though given inconsistencies with other accounts and later revelations regarding said source's reliability, this should be treated as discredited, and PRE03 should be assumed to be hostile, even if it does not yet appear to be behaving violently.

Regardless of PRE03's own behavior, the more immediate threat generally lies in its servants: P03A00 ("Timberwolves") and P03B00 ("Apostles"). As its servants are usually willing, they tend to behave in a more aggressive and violent manner than unwilling servants, as they themselves desire to carry out any and all actions they believe will fulfill the goals of PRE03.

 

PRE03 is never observed speaking, but may write. When it does so, it generally writes in all-lowercase with the exception of the names it uses for other PREs, which are written in all-uppercase (e.g., STRANGER for PRE01, FERAL for PRE02, ELDER for PRE04).

 

Further Reading

• Angels From The Grave
• The Archive - PRE03: "Archangel" 
  
• B-Movie Monsters - Cruel Embrace (1971)
• Between the Party Lines
• The Book of Cant - The Ferryman
• CHANNEL FEAR - Signs & Seals: The Twin Triangles
  
• CHANNEL FEAR - Them 3: The Archangel
• Convention of the 24
• The Devil's Hour - Account 15: Corruption
• Eccentrically Bored and Hidden in the Trees
• Last Rites 
  
• No Craven
• Topography Genera Center East - FOSSIL-TYPE HADES
• Unto The Breach