The Queen in Blue - Destiny's Belfry

About this episode

Rhombus Ticks explores a sealed folio revealing a techno-vigilante's battle against occult forces in a noir-era Los Angeles.

In this pulse-pounding solo episode, Rhombus Ticks cracks open a sealed folio containing what appears to be a redacted police report crossed with a metaphysical vigilante tale. What follows is the story of Manfred , a techno-vigilante from another dimension stranded in noir-era Los Angeles, navigating Nazi infiltration, occult conspiracies, and something far, far worse. Manfred uses ultratech gear and brutal efficiency to infiltrate a fascist ritual taking place inside the Hugh-Gryss building—a twisted octagonal temple adorned with cicada symbology and ritual sex magic. As he attempts to liberate prisoners trapped in blood-draining silk columns, he confronts an otherworldly horror: a musclebound, worm-haired creature summoned via obscene pageantry. What begins as a stealth operation spirals into cosmic panic as Manfred realizes that he may be outgunned not just technologically—but spiritually. Meanwhile, Ticks frames the whole tale as a disturbing anachronism: a case file sealed by a federal judge in 1943, commented on by the CIA and FBI for decades, and apparently "found" decades before it could have happened. Is this folio a prophecy? A confession? A metaphor? Or a glimpse into…

People in this episode

Host: Rhombus Ticks

Topics covered

• metaphysical vigilante
• noir-era
• Nazi infiltration
• occult conspiracies
• cosmic horror
• time travel
• techno-vigilante

Keywords

• techno-vigilante
• noir
• occult
• Nazi
• horror
• Los Angeles
• CIA
• FBI
• ritual magic
• time travel

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CIA, FBI

Books & works: The Queen in Blue - Destiny's Belfry

Places: Los Angeles, Hugh-Gryss building

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