Masters of Death

Content Warning: This section contains references to murder, death, and compulsive behavior.

A person stands over a dead body. A figure steps out, and the person asks if the figure is responsible for the murder. The figure in the shadow drops the knife, and a second figures steps out and tells the person that they have him cornered. The figures say that the person will understand soon. The person asks if this is a game, and the figures say that the game has become a war.

Death addresses the reader, discussing humanity’s obsession with him. Death describes a sick couple who had a son. The wife died, and the husband tried to find someone to care for his son before his own death. The husband met an angel, but he remembered that God condoned suffering, so he decided not to give the baby to the angel. He met a reaper, a foot soldier of Satan, but he feared that the devil would lead his son into temptation. Finally, as the man died, he gave the son to Death. The man asked Death to be the baby’s godfather. Death explains that this fable is the beginning of the mortal tale about the godson of Death—Fox D’Mora—who eventually gained mastery over Death.