From the filthy brothels and inns around the docs in Europe insidious rumors started to spread in the first months of 1346 about a deadly disease that had already left thousand of corpses in other parts of the world. It was coming, inevitable and deadly, travelling on the Silk Road and harvesting the Mongol armies. It had already destroyed nearly 25% of the population of Asia before it moored in Constantinople and the merchants from Genoa brought it to Sicily. India, Syria and Armenia were depopulated.

They will call it The Black Death. In the coming years it would swipe off half of the population in Europe and would leave trails of terror, sealed forever in chronicles, letters, tale-tales and all other kind of folklore. The Plague would end the world and would start a new one. 

This is not a history lesson, but an important part of the allegory in „Prequelle”. It is quite possible that The Black Death has several meanings in the world of GHOST. Imploding internal conflicts, line-up changes and even cases were all brought to the attention of the audience, which inevitable lead to the end of anonymity. And even though it was no secret who was the mastermind behind GHOST, the official statement about Tobias Forge being the papas, the cardinals and all only increased the hype. All the things above could have destroyed many careers, however here the negative aspects were dealt were heftily and resulted in positive effects. And if you think that this is just a coincidence, let me remind you the Instagram story video for „Dance Macabre” with Charlie Benante, Phil Anselmo, Kirk Hammet, Chris Jericho and Chino Moreno. Someone somewhere has done very well their homework and is spreading the disease with the most powerful marketing tools known to the world.