Yesterday’s RPGaDay2025 prompt was nemesis. It inspired me to write a post about the setting that I’m building around the game: “The Heart of Darkness.”

The ultimate nemesis in the setting I’m building around Troupe is The Gloom. The Gloom is, in essence, anti-creation. It is the End and seeks the end of all things. Because of the vigilance of the Greater Gods, it cannot act directly in the world. Instead, It constantly presses the boundaries imposed upon it, worming tendrils of influence to twist and corrupt living beings through Despair and Hopelessness.

Find Hope in the face of Despair at the blog.