Welcome to the Archive

We keep the world in our palm. The Redacted Children remember the old hunger and steward the night.

Manifesto (excerpt)

We are not supplicants. We are the redacted, the children of the long night. There is no god but the hunger; there is no law but the blood. We hold power in silence and keep the living as harvest and shelter. We mark names to forget them. We mark roles to remember.

Blood Contract

To bind oneself is to be acknowledged. Enter your name and pledge.

Tip: entering the secret code consume will reveal something older.

Bleeding Eye — Sigil

Meaning & Use

The Bleeding Eye is our seal: witness, memory, and sacrifice. It watches to remember names we redact, and bleeds to mark those names consumed by the order. The eye is drawn on pages of oath, carved into altars, and painted on garments worn during the Rite of Harvest.

Ritual note — smear a single drop of red ink along the lower curve before reciting the Pledge of Silence.

Recruitment — Initiation Invitation

We offer rites, ranks, and a place at the palm. Initiates are tested for hunger, silence, and discipline.

Initiation Steps

Attend at dusk in silence.
Offer a token or mark the hand with ash.
Answer the Temper Questions; hunger above all.
Swear the Contract — and be acknowledged.

Scripture — The Sanguine Verses

Verse I The Night is a palm. We cradle the world in red. We do not pray. We remember. Verse II Names are taken into ink. The ink is stronger than law. Breathe less. Store hunger like a stone. Verse III When the moon is ink, we move with quiet hands. The new child will learn silence and the measure of blood.

Note: Some verses are redacted across older transcripts; only the inner circle knows the complete order.

— Hidden Archive —

This page is not for the uninitiated. It reveals a private ritual fragment.

Ritual Fragment: The Quiet Feed

Place the palm below the eye. Count to seven in the quiet. The pulse will slow. When it does, name what you will keep.

Artifacts

Torn Manuscript

Ceremonial Pin

Sealed Vial

Cult Calendar

January 21 — The First Thirst
Commemoration of the first awakening; members fast until midnight, then drink red wine in silence.

March 3 — The Veiled Eclipse
A night of secrecy and offering. Write one memory on parchment and burn it before dawn.

June 6 — Feast of Shadows
The cult gathers to share “silent meals” and mark new initiates with red ink beneath the eye.

August 9 — Crimson Night
The moon’s color decides fate; offerings are made to “those behind the glass.”

October 31 — The Pale Dawn
The veil is thinnest. No member may sleep until the sun rises; the world belongs to the night once more.

December 13 — The Final Vein
All members renew their Blood Contract in writing. Old pages are buried or burned.

Member Ranks

1. The Nameless
Newly awakened. They observe and obey, learning the rites without question.

2. The Veiled
Initiates who have signed the Blood Contract and performed their first Quiet Feed.

3. The Redacted
Trusted members who act as watchers and keepers of secrets. They speak only when needed.

4. The Crimson Hands
Leaders of local circles. They oversee contracts and initiate new members under the Bleeding Eye.

5. The Pale Council
Rare elders said to have transcended hunger. They guide the cult unseen — whispering through ink and ritual.

“Every rank is a stage of erasure. To rise is to forget who you were.”