Fleur de Lys Church

The village church of Fleur de Lys is the gathering point at the heart of the deserted hamlet, its stained glass windows casting fractured light over the cobblestoned square where the soldier first collapsed. The building’s wooden doors stand slightly ajar, revealing a dim interior of wooden pews and flickering candle stubs left in haste, their dripped wax pooling on the stone floor. The air carries the scent of old hymnals and damp wood, thick with the unnatural silence before the villagers return. This is where the android corporal leads the mechanical procession, where the first pulse of compulsion radiates outward to awaken the dead in perfect, synchronized motion.