Burn: New Beginnings (part 3)

*Once injected with the serum that contains the strange DNA from the Nightmare Relief, Xo Wu is cured of his cancer yet also cured of his humanity. Traul never knew, he only saw the DNA and instantly understood it could have properties that might open up new cures...new everything...for humanity. Traul never could have foreseen the true nightmare of the Nightmare Relief. That ancient artwork did house a strange energy source for sure, but the only DNA on it was the lingering remains of the Old One, remains that are still connected to that foul beast who has long wanted to return to the world that once banished it to deepest space. But those remains needed a host to truly come alive and inside Xo those remains finally wake. They consume the man, curing his cancer yet fully altering his body until all that he once was is gone. Xo becomes the first High Devoted, what will become known as the 9th plague...what is really traces of the Old One...entwined so deeply into his very cells that his soul is devoured and he begins to hear only the Old Ones voice. The sapphire brand on his chest, and his blue eyes...plus how that blue somehow even changes his clothes into what will become known as the uniform of the High Devoted...marks Xo forever. It is he who will spread the 9th plague. It is he who will make other High Devoted, yet mainly it is Xo who will make so many Devoted that they will gather and finally have a voice loud enough for the Old One to hear and follow home [AI Art]*