unsaid: (☾ that i couldn't see)

[personal profile] unsaid 2022-06-14 05:41 am (UTC)(link)
[it is.]

Mm, it is as you say. The darkness would fall upon the village and corrupt one individual in the night, which would prompt them to kill another.

The reasons for their chosen target would be different... but it ultimately resulted in an act of violence.
unsaid: (☾ a waning crescent moon;)

[personal profile] unsaid 2022-06-14 05:57 am (UTC)(link)
... No, actually. On occasion, relics could be found that had the capability to purge darkness. Should those items be brought to execution, they would be able to expel the darkness without harming the vessel.

[ . . . ]

Though in the end, in a situation where all but one must die, it prompts the wondering whether that was the more merciful option.
unsaid: (☾ the dawn is still)

[personal profile] unsaid 2022-06-14 07:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[ . . . he closes his eyes at that.]

In essence.

The young one and myself were possessed at the end as well - but the people dearest to him were able to keep him from hurting anyone.