Dark Radiance Lore
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Cruor Cross, though
now part of greater London, has a tarnished history of it's own.
Tales abound about the gruesome events that have occurred
here for many, many years, but only a few have been recorded.
During roman times
London (Londinium) was a very large city having some 60,000
people living there. The area near Cruor cross was used as a
dumping ground for the countless bodies of men and animals used
in the gladiatorial games held in Londinium at the time. The
bones of these men and animals were scattered all over this
area, leaving little trace of the mass graves that must have
been here then. But all over Cruor Cross, bones are often
found as long as one digs deep enough.
During the
Norman Conquest of England in 1066, there were many battles
fought, the battle of Hastings, Fulford, and Stamford Bridge to
name a few. One incident, a small one never mentioned in
the history books, occurred at Cruor Cross. Duke William II is
reported to have sent a small force of 500 men to the Cruor
Cross area to engage the forces of Edwin, Earl of Mercia.
William's men never found the forces they were sent to engage,
but none of the men ever returned. William sent scouts
several weeks later, but the scouts returned with a horrific
tale. All the men William had sent were dead, the scouts had
found them. There was no signs of battle just the dismembered
bodies lain about the woods near Cruor Cross. Bodies of
men, their arms and their horses spotted the woods like small
cairns, Limbs, torsos, heads, and arms, piled into small mounds
head high. The scouts were horrified at this gruesome
spectacle. To date the fate of these poor soldiers is
unknown.
During the
Great Plague of London in 1665, Cruor Cross became one of the
places to bury the plague victims, particularity those that were
poor and had no family. During the time the bearers shared
rumors of things haunting the plague pits. Apparitions and
shades were said to move among the pits. Tales of the Dearg Due
being there were rampant and many bearers refused to go to Cruor
Cross after seeng one of these apparitions.
In early 1857 a
vicious storm enveloped Cruor Cross. Such a storm had
never been seen here before, the lightning struck all about
causing massive damage. The rain drenched the area for
days keeping in all the hardy residents. As midnight these
days were for the sky was so dark. Eventually, the rain
and lightning faded but the sky remained dark and clouded.
Days passed, then weeks and the sky remained darkened as
if night never left. The rest of London had experienced
the storm too, but only Cruor Cross remained in a permanent pall
To this day Cruor Cross is shrouded in the dark pall that
has never left.
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