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In 1978, a late-night television broadcast of unknown origin aired on a public access channel serving the state of Missouri. No records of the broadcast exist. Witness testimony is all that remains.
The only concrete details regarding the broadcast include the following:
The show aired at 11:45 PM on a Wednesday evening in October
The name of the show was “More Than God is Here”
The host was a man called Reverend Moore.
The content of the broadcast is less easy to determine.
Different witnesses offered different descriptions.
One viewer claimed the show contained a vision of heaven itself.
Another insisted it was a standard televangelist grift.
Several more said the host spoke directly to them, addressing them by name through the screen, offering words of comfort and promises of a prosperous future just so long as they followed him.
A dozen viewers the content was a rousing sermon that galvanized and renewed their faith.
Others reported to have seen a man peeling his face off and leering into the camera. One witness went so far as to claim that the show host reached out of the television set with “hideous dead hands” and told her the end of the world was coming, but that he would save her if she would just take his hand.
As previously noted, no record of the broadcast exists. However, records of the response to the show are extant. Letters of complaint, praise, and question remain on file, maintained to this day by the owner of the now-defunct station.
With the owner’s permission, the Agency made copies of all correspondence related to the broadcast. These copies remain with the Agency, and are available to review on request. (Please note that the Agency of Helping Hands has determined that the owner knows nothing of Notgod More, and simply keeps the correspondence due to the “local folklore” factor.)
“More Than God is Here” continued to air Wednesday nights at 11:45PM.
Interestingly, the longer the show aired, the more cohesive viewers’ memories became. By the eighth episode, the recollections of witnesses are similar enough that the Agency is confident each individual saw — or at least perceived — the same broadcast. (Why there were such disparities in recollections in the first place is still not known.) Detailed accounts and abridged summaries of the episodes are available upon request.
Under the circumstances, it is important to note that the otherwise lacking illusion of Notgod More’s humanity appears flawless on camera. For reasons the Agency has been unable to determine, any and every part of him appears perfectly human when photographed, videoed, or even simply viewed through a camera lens. This phenomenon undoubtedly allowed him to cultivate his popularity.
The show continued to air for a year. The one-year anniversary episode of “More Than God is Here” ended with the host, Reverend Moore, inviting his viewers to meet him in the flesh next Wednesday at 11:45PM at a local lake.
Despite the strangeness of the day, hour, and the request itself, it is estimated that approximately seventy people turned up to meet Reverend Moore.
Witness accounts are difficult to digest, each seemingly more fantastical and horrifying than the last. The one component on which all accounts agree is that this was an evening of miracles both great and terrible, an evening so profoundly spectacular that ended with an awestruck attendee asking the question that was on everyone’s mind by that point:
“Are you God?”
To which the reverend responded, “I’m not God. I’m more.”
What followed his pronouncement led to the creation of an off-grid cult dedicated to this copper-eyed miracle worker of unknown origin.
A miracle worker and a god he may have been, but generous he was not. According to even his most devoted follower, Notgod was a demanding lord. In exchange for his miracles and favor, followers were required to surrender their money, belongings, dwellings, even their loved ones if Notgod asked. Those who did were rewarded beyond comprehension (or so it is claimed; to date, no witnesses have been able to provide concrete details regarding these rewards, and no evidence of any reward bestowed by Notgod More is known to exist.)
Those who did not give what they were instructed to surrender were eaten.
Notgod More’s diet was limited indeed: He drank lake water and cannibalized his less cooperative followers, who were butchered according to a specific ritual that involved all members of his cult. The ritual ended with Notgod More eating the brain and heart of the victim, then requiring his followers to consume the rest of the carcass.
The Agency possesses a full recording of one such ritual. Access is subject to clearance and permission from both Dr. Hyde and the requestor’s chain of command.
Notgod More came to the Agency’s attention when a teenage escapee from the cult reported him to local police. The report was dismissed. As a minor, the witness was remanded to state custody. Due to the horrors he had witnessed, the youth was not able to achieve mental stability and as a result was eventually incarcerated at a secure inpatient facility.
From there, his story wound its way through the institution and eventually reached a Varangian agent whose prompt attention to the matter led the Agency to the compound of Notgod More.
The details of the scene remain classified to this day, and as of this writing there are no plans to declassify them. Suffice to say the condition of Notgod More’s cult was so dire and the threat posed by setting them free so uniquely critical that—for the first and only time in Agency history— Administration issued an order to terminate each and every human being onsite.
Agency personnel attempted to terminate Notgod More alongside his followers, but were unsuccessful. Fortunately, they were able to capture and transport him to the North American Pantheon, where he remains to this day.
Notgod More has alternately described himself as “Not God,” “The Worm in the Heart of the World,” “Your Destroyer,” “Their Creator,” and “The Nemesis Star.” He has not elaborated on any of these descriptors. However, it should be noted that Dr. Wingaryde has made a measurable amount of progress with him over the years.
To summarize, Notgod More is the chosen name of an entity that located, collected, and to an extent “farmed” his victims by employing the novel strategy of masquerading as a prosperity gospel televangelist.
As is the case with several inmates in our care, the Agency has no idea what Notgod More actually is, where he came from, the true extent of his capabilities, or his motivations.
Here is what the Agency of Helping Hands does know:
Upon casual inspection, Notgod More appears to be a middle-aged man of generally nondescript appearance with dark hair, a practiced smile, and notably bright eyes. He is partial to dark suits, shiny brown shoes, and a lightly feathered haircut that somewhat, if not perfectly, recalls styles that were popular in the United States in the 1970s.
However, the normalcy of his appearance is entirely illusory. The longer and more closely one looks, the thinner the illusion becomes.
Notgod More loves to speak. He is extremely charismatic and can easily mesmerize individuals as well as crowds, sometimes instantaneously. For this reason, all personnel assigned to Notgod More are issued with specialized ear protection and eyewear.
Immediate distraction of his targets is necessary because Notgod More is always smiling, and his teeth are the first major indicator that he is not human. He has front-facing “masking teeth” teeth that look like standard adult teeth. However, behind the masking teeth on both the upper and lower jaws are a set of short, small, excessively sharp teeth that curve back toward his throat.
His eyes are the second indicator. Notgod More’s eyes appear bright brown at first glance, and appear so at all times to subjects under his influence. In reality, however, they are a highly unusual copper hue with mild reflective properties. While “humanity” is a difficult quality to quantify, it cannot be argued that this quality is missing from Notgod More’s eyes, which are very bright, very flat, and constantly moving.
The skin of his face is the third indicator. While healthy-looking and natural for a man of the age he is projecting, Notgod More’s flesh veers into the uncanny valley in two areas: at the corners of the mouth, where observers note a peculiar “pinned” appearance, and around the eyes, where it is unnaturally loose in a way that recalls (as one agent described it) “a starched shirt that’s way too big.”
The fourth indicator is the appearance of his hands. While the skin visible elsewhere on Notgod More’s body is a normal, healthy color, his hands are discolored. The tops are a uniform middling grey hue with a greenish aspect, while the bottoms are swollen and dark purple – that is, livid.
In other words, Notgod More has the hands of a corpse.
Despite the myriad dangers and difficulties posed by Notgod More, Agency command is tentatively hopeful that Dr. Wingaryde’s collaboration with the organization’s newly-commissioned T-Class agent will produce new and important insights into the entity’s origins, abilities, and motivations, and hopefully provide information that can eventually be used to terminate him.
That Notgod More must be terminated is not up for debate. However, other aspects of his case...
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