This record describes – in few words – the saga of a knight crusader known as The Shadow Hunter, who joins the army of the Pope on the late XI century. During his saga, his mind is often perplexed by the antagonism of the Holy War and afflicted by visions that conflict with his devotion to the Church.
The beginning of the second millennium has a lot in common with our times. The world was rapidly changing. The Roman Empire’s sovereignty was succumbing to the rising power of Muslims, Jewels, Christians and pagan conquerors. As the Roman domain was falling apart, local wars were frequent and the domination of the territories changed on almost every decade. For different reasons, these uprisings groups wanted to rule Jerusalem (so-called Holy Land for the three main religious nations and a very important commercial center).
The cities in Europe and in the Minor Asia have become very populated; jobs were hard to find; and the people became unemployed and inactive. That scenery made very easy for the Pope Urban II to raise an army of European Crusaders to conquer the land where Jesus was once crucified. Lost and confused – due to the turbulent times – they were easily led by the ideals of salvation proposed by the Church. However, the mass of ignorant and fanatic soldiers went out of control, in total anarchy applied brutal and merciless methods of devastation. The atavistic instinct of the recent Christianized people brought up the hatred and the fear of living on that period. After one thousand years the religion of Christ has become a paradox, killing and torturing men to inflict the ideals of fraternity. It was absorbed, mixed and adapted to the roman imperialistic culture and Interests.
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