ARE YOU IN TROUBLE?

I am taking this opportunity to reach out to all of you who's lives may have been touched by monsters.

I know that my brother is responsible for many of you discovering monsters. This is both a blessing and a curse.

My brother trusted monsters too much. He thought he'd be safe observing them from a distance.

He trusted them.

They should not be trusted. They should be killed. All of them.

Using his tools and weapons I have begun tracking down monsters.

I have begun my hunt.

If you have had any problems with monsters then please contact me directly. I can help you.

I don't want to see what happened to my brother happen to anyone else.

Monsters are vermin. Every one of them. They should be extinguished.

I will not stop until they are gone.

Ravencroft. 

An Apology.

He was right.

My brother was right.

He was right but now he's dead.

I'm sorry I saw it. I saw it.

It wasn't the one that took his leg.

It was worse.

He was right.

My brother is dead.

An Update #2

Hello all,

I have made it back to my family home after an extensive amount of travel. The house is currently abandoned and I have set up shop in the living room. The house itself backs directly onto the woods behind it so this will be the perfect base camp for my hunt for Stephen.

Unfortunately I have no physical help in this matter as Stephen and I are the last two remaining Ravencroft's. Our parents died long ago and far away from here. After my brother's accident we moved houses, never to return. Until now. My mother would tell me that it was too hard for Stephen to be around these woods, it would remind him of the accident. Just being around the trees sent him into a panic. So we moved to the city. 

It feels wrong to be back here. It feels as though this house hasn't been lived in since we did.

I will set off in the morning, but for now I must get some sleep. I hope he is safe, I would not be able to forgive myself should something have happened  to him.

Daniella.

An Update

Hello all,

Once again this is Daniella. Over the past two days I have received emails from many of you both providing information and good wishes for the safety of my brother.

Although many of you played your part in contributing to Stephen's delusions, (which I do not blame you for) I feel that you deserve frequent updates. It is clear to me from the emails I have received that you all care for my brother dearly.

So far I have narrowed down my search to two sections of woodland. It was pointed out to me that Stephen believed he would be coming face to face with a creature he believes took his leg all those years ago. This suggests to me that he will be returning to the same woodlands where he had his accident.

I have also discovered that those woods have a sister woodland which I believe he would also have checked. This is where I will begin my search.

My brother is a very troubled individual. He was such a fun-loving and adventurous child but ever since he was struck by the tree that eventually took his leg he has been different. I am beginning to fear the worst for Stephen but I will not give up hope. With your support I will find my brother and get him the help we failed to see he needed.

I will update as frequently as I can.

Daniella.

An Appeal.

Hello all,

My name is Daniella  Ravencroft. My brother Stephen (Monzo, as he called himself here) ran this blog. I am here to appeal to any of you who may have any information regarding his whereabouts.

Before reading this blog (which I had no idea existed until I gained access to his computer) I was not aware of any expeditions my brother was planning. At first I thought he had set this blog up as a joke, a way to engage his imagination and to fantasise about a world where his condition wouldn't hold him back as much as it does. However, as I read I became much more aware of his paranoia and delusions.

I have read his entry which states he is being watched and that he has to get away, I fear he has gone somewhere he could have hurt himself. He is bound to a wheelchair and doesn't get out of the house much. But he hasn't been seen in almost a month.

I am incredibly worried about him and only want him to get back home safely. If anyone has any form of information then please share it with me via either the comments section on this webpage or email me at findstephen@gmail.com.

Thank you so much for any cooperation you can provide and please help me bring Stephen home.

Daniella.

I AM BEING WATCHED

I believe I am being watched.

For the last few days there have been the same two men outside my home.

They walk past twice in the space of an hour, then once more roughly two hours later.

Each time I notice that they look directly at my house, sometimes even directly at me.

These men worry me.

But I will not be silenced.

I believe that they are working as a surveillance team for an organisation who are not happy with the way I run this blog.

There are most definitely those among us that do not want the truth behind the monsters getting out.

For all I know these 'men' could be monsters themselves, wearing human skin as a disguise.

Because of this I have decided to push an expedition I had planned forward.

I will be setting off in the coming week to explore an area I've been tipped off about.

If my sources are correct then this is where I will finally reconcile with the beast that took my leg.

As I am sure these posts are being watched I will not reveal any more details.

I will however wish you all the best of luck with your investigations and implore that you stay safe.

I shall be back later in the month, hopefully as a changed man.

Thank you for sticking with me.

Monzo.  

EMAILS

I have been receiving emails from a very concerned person recently who has been following my blog.

I would like to take this opportunity to tell you all the importance of staying safe during your investigations.

This is the number one priority.

If you do not feel safe then please cease your investigations immediately.

I have tried my best to convey to you that these monsters are creatures we do not understand and should be left alone, only observed from a distance. I have tried to create an understanding of these creatures.

I have failed to address that some of these creatures exist only to cause pain and spread evil.

While most of the monsters you will encounter are fairly harmless and only dangerous should you get too close, some of them are the most dangerous and frightening beings on the planet.

I had not assumed that any of you would get so far in your investigations to uncover such a creature.

The more malicious they are, the harder they are to find.

I was wrong to assume that. I was wrong to underestimate any of you and it seems that some of you may be close to paying the price for that assumption.

I want to clarify now that if you ever feel as though you are in danger in your own home PLEASE LEAVE IMMEDIATELY.

If you feel something follow you, something intelligent, something insidious. GET OUT AS FAST AS POSSIBLE AND DO NOT RETURN.

Please stay safe and remember to always keep as safe distance.

I can't have any more blood on my hands.

Monzo.  

TOOLS

If you are going to pursue the investigation of monsters, which I highly suggest you do, you are going to need some tools.

Research:

• Journal - You're going to need to make notes, extensive notes. An A5 sized journal should help with this. Try to draw diagrams wherever possible too. And of course, bring a pencil.
• Polaroid Camera - This is a quick and easy way to collect photographs of anything you may see. But beware, the flash could startle any nearby monsters. Use with caution.
• Sample Set - Test tubes, swabs, blood slides. Anything you can use to collect blood or other substance samples. Very useful for discovering what exactly you're dealing with. 
• Various other tools - Magnifying glass/Tape Measure etc... Only necessary for those of you with a deep desire to truly delve into the lives of these creatures.
• Watch - Always keep track of time, it could be the difference between life and death.

Defense:

• Pepper Spray - Although technically illegal to carry this will come in handy in some very tricky situations. As long as you aren't carrying it on the streets then you should be fine.
• Kevlar Body Armour - Not needed at all times but worth having anyway. If you know you will be coming into contact with something particularly nasty then please do wear Kevlar. Also worth wearing on your first few expeditions, you never know what you might find.
• Small Knife - Only to be used when all else fails. These creatures should never be harmed intentionally but please do not put their safety over yours. Try to avoid close proximity with these creatures at all costs, not matter how harmless they look.

With these tools you will be able to enrich your investigations and hopefully avoid the safe fate that befell me.

Monzo.

BEWARE THE HUNTERS

There are some among us who believe that all monsters should be hunted and killed.

These people are not to be trusted.

They hunt for sport, they hunt out of malice.

Some of them sell their services.

DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES PAY THESE PEOPLE.

They should not be rewarded for what they do.

They kill.

They murder.

Monsters can be problematic, I admit this, I know this first hand. But they do not deserve to die.

If you have a monster problem then please do not resort to violence. They can be reasoned with and they can be befriended.

Protect them.

Do not trust the hunters.

Monzo.

MY STORY

My first encounter with a monster was when I was a child.

I was small and she was very, very big.

A beast, a mother.

At the time I was not able to identify which exact species this monster was but through my research I have come to believe that she was a Millusk, a creature descended from the Lycanthropic line after they were all killed off during an enormous cull in the early thirties.

From the ashes of that race came another, bigger, stronger race.

I believe this was the race I encountered.

Unlike the Lycans, the Millusk were never human but they still have some human traits.

Any regular human mother would do anything for their child no matter what. In Millusk's this is amplified and mixed with a beast's desire to protect it's young.

So when I stumbled over that branch and fell straight down into the Millusk's den, I was not greeted with a warm welcome.

That beast took my leg, my childhood and even my mind for a while.

If I could meet her today I would thank her, from a safe distance of course.

She allowed me to focus my  mind and fully experience a world which, although often horrifying, can be truly beautiful at times.

Monzo.

OPEN YOUR EYES PEOPLE

They're all around us, everywhere.

It's not a case of us not being able to see them, it's a case of us not looking.

Go into any forest, any one of them and you'll find one, somewhere.

A MONSTER.

I've seen many of them and even more have seen me.

I will be updating this blog with my findings over the coming months but please people, go out there and see for yourself.

You're missing out on a whole other world.

Monzo.