I will burn books and slay gods.

"We imprison madness not for confinement, but to protect the last vestiges of reason in humanity." — The Night Watchers' Creed. This is a story about "cost" and "protection." In a world corrupted by the indescribable "Nightmare," only the awakened, bearing both "affinity" and "karma," can fight against it. They are housed in the "Night Watchers Headquarters," ostensibly a mental hospital, walking the line between madness and reason, holding fire for humanity in the darkness.