Deus Le Volt!

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.