Meet Pauley the Cheese, a criminal mastermind operating within the most dysfunctional supernatural organisation imaginable. Immortalis: The Jester and the Immoless brings racketeering, monstrous mismanagement and criminal comedy to readers FREE at www.immortalisverse.com soon. Organised crime requires discipline, discretion, financial intelligence and the ability to inspire fear. The criminal fraternity of Immortalis: The Jester and the Immoless operates within a supernatural institution where sanity is optional, corruption is practically a qualification and the management consists of 216 versions of the same immortal lunatic. Enter Pauley the Cheese. A member of the Nicolai, Pauley combines the instincts of a criminal entrepreneur with an enthusiasm for cheese that borders on the pathological. His activities introduce gangster comedy into a Gothic horror universe already overflowing with murder, manipulation, supernatural politics and spectacularly questionable administrative decisions. Forget the traditional crime boss surrounded by loyal henchmen. Pauley’s associates are manifestations of Nicolas DeSilva, and the entire operation is effectively a family business.
The Godfather of Gorgonzola
Pauley the Cheese approaches criminal enterprise with the confidence of a man who understands that intimidation, opportunity and financial ingenuity are essential components of a successful racket. Cheese occupies an equally important position in his priorities. Within Corax Asylum, his criminal ambitions coexist with the wider activities of the Nicolai, whose individual personalities frequently create competing interests and spectacular administrative confusion. The result is a supernatural variation on organised crime in which the participants share one immortal identity but remain perfectly capable of disagreeing with themselves. Nicolas rules the institution. Pauley pursues his own entrepreneurial interests. Somewhere between the two, the distinction between legitimate business and outright criminality disappears completely.
A Criminal Organisation With 216 Personalities
The Nicolai represent an extraordinary logistical challenge. They are 216 physical manifestations of Nicolas DeSilva, capable of acting independently while remaining components of one monstrous being. Among them are physicians, aristocrats, entertainers, administrators, military officers and individuals whose professional qualifications deserve immediate investigation. This arrangement gives the novel an unusual approach to criminal hierarchy. A dispute between departments can become an argument between manifestations of the same individual. Internal rivalry takes on a literal meaning, while loyalty to the organisation becomes indistinguishable from loyalty to oneself. The potential for corruption is immense. So is the potential for absolute farce.
Chester, Chaos and Criminal Mismanagement
No examination of Corax’s organisational dysfunction would be complete without Chester. The primal Evro of Nicolas DeSilva, Chester possesses musical talent, a thoroughly filthy sense of humour and an instinctive resistance to orderly behaviour. His presence introduces a destabilising influence into a household already struggling with its own elaborate hierarchy. Where Pauley represents entrepreneurial opportunism, Chester embodies the magnificent destructive potential of a creature who considers rules an invitation to cause trouble. Their contrasting personalities contribute to the novel’s grotesque comedy, where criminal ambition, supernatural power and personal absurdity collide. The institution’s ruler may possess hundreds of bodies, but effective management remains a distant aspiration.
Crime Pays, Until the Monsters Get Involved
Immortalis draws its humour from the collision between monstrous evil and the everyday absurdities of administration, finance and personal ambition. Its supernatural criminals inhabit a world of genuine cruelty and extreme horror, yet their activities also expose the ridiculousness of greed, vanity and bureaucratic incompetence. Pauley the Cheese embodies this contradiction. He belongs to a terrifying immortal collective capable of extraordinary violence, while remaining preoccupied with the sort of entrepreneurial nonsense that would embarrass a conventional gangster. Immortalis: The Jester and the Immoless launches FREE TO READ soon at http://www.immortalisverse.com. For readers who enjoy gangster satire, supernatural crime, grotesque comedy and horror fiction populated by thoroughly disreputable characters, Corax Asylum is open for business. The first rule of organised crime? Never trust a man who can rob you 216 times simultaneously. Extreme Horror | Extreme Dark Romance | Fuck Funny Fantasy