Release #21 - blood and power

Blackgrave is drowning in propaganda. Collector’s banners stretch across the city like a second skin“MAYOR COLLECTOR – THE SAVIOR WE NEED.” But behind the speeches and smiling screens, his rule is fed by something darker: blood siphoned in secret, power pulsing through his veins like poison-green lightning the broadcast changes. In the middle of Collector’s public address, the citywide feed is hijacked and Ash Barrow appears on every screen in Blackgrave. Calm. Direct. Unflinching. He exposes the footage Collector buried: the bleeding, the experiments, the guards forced into monstrous transformations. In minutes, the myth collapses. Banners are ripped down. The crowd turns. Collector scrambles to hold control, screaming into microphones as faith breaks apart in real time. With Blackgrave in chaos and an election looming, Mara makes the call no one expected: Ash has to run. Ash resists he’s a vigilante, not a politician but the team sees what the city needs now. Lily, Damien, Mara… they all push him toward the same truth: he’s already been leading Blackgrave from the shadows. Now he has to do it in the open. A fast, tense campaign ignites. Ash rises with the people behind him. Collector visibly unravels, his “human” mask slipping onstage as something infernal flickers beneath his skin. By election night, the streets hold their breath. Collector loses. Blackgrave erupts in relief and fury and hope all at once while Collector, alone in his ruined office, smashes what’s left of his world. As Ash is announced mayor-elect, the team steps into a new chapter: a larger home, a deeper foundation, and a fully upgraded Vulture Cave built for the battles ahead.