The Cult of Yusuf
(Commission for @trialsoflust , Marilyn Yusuf’s biggest fan) Deep in the Bulgarian mountains, there is legend of a secret temple that houses ancient dark powers beyond mortal comprehension. There the acolytes of the cult of Yusuf worship and protect the dark powers. It is said that if one seeks and find this hidden temple, they would be granted an opportunity to commune with the darkness and gain dark powers of their own. Powers that would allow them to achieve great wealth and strength, to remake the world to their desires and subjugate those that dare defy them. Daniel Richards, an English artist, aimed to seek out this legend for himself. Not to gain any such powers, but to find inspiration for his artwork. Scouring the Bulgarian archives, he seemed to have found only dead ends, but then he met a very helpful elderly archivist named Rebecca. She was surprisingly well informed about the legend and told him she had heard from travellers a likely location of the temple. Daniel f