The first part of the ritual takes place annually in a room known only by one.
The small chamber with a hidden combination lock is secreted in the basement of a derelict stone cottage. The ancient building is heavily surrounded by a growth of bushes at the quiet end of a little known village, nestled on a hillside. The place is located in a mountainous region of Europe. It is here, that once a year, a shepherd boy, chosen generation by generation by the Dark Lord, to attend the place. It is his duty to milk the teeth of the Eden snake that resides there and capture its venom in a small bottle. It then falls to him to take this to an appointed place on the escarpment to deliver it.
It is there that he meets the man who is destined to cause chaos in the world. The man, never aging and as old as the snake, drinks the venom and is invigorated. He then returns to seclusion. He bides his time, waiting for the right moment to make himself known to the world.
Most would think this unlikely, naturally…