HELL HAS A DRAFT — ISSUE #2 “THE PIT”

After surviving his first encounter with the terrifying force known as The Silence, Marcus “Grave” Kane is dragged beneath Hell’s endless battlefield into The Pit — a colossal military underworld where drafted humans are broken, rebuilt, and weaponized for an eternal war. Here, Hell reveals its true nature. Not chaos. Not punishment. A machine. Human recruits are sorted like resources: soldiers fuel experiments sacrifices Towering over them is the fanatical Chain Saint, a chained war priest who believes pain is sacred and suffering is the only thing keeping existence from being erased. Inside The Pit, death offers no escape. Bodies regenerate. Minds do not. As Marcus endures brutal training rituals, psychological warfare, and horrifying glimpses of Hell’s hidden industries, he begins adapting to pain faster than any recruit before him. Every wound sharpens him. Every death changes him. Other soldiers start whispering a new name: GRAVE Because no matter what Hell buries him under… he rises again. But deeper beneath the fortress lies something even demons fear: THE CHOIR A forbidden section where broken soldiers are transformed into living weapons powered by endless screams. And beyond even that… The scars left behind by The Silence. Places where reality itself has been erased. During a deadly survival trial known as The Burden Walk, Marcus discovers something horrifying: The Silence is not random. It’s learning. And after surviving direct exposure to the erased zones, Marcus awakens with a second mark burned into his body — a symbol no human has ever carried before. When Rhea sees it, she panics. Because the mark doesn’t belong to Hell.