proved ineffectual until Orphee managed to physically wrestle the
six-armed god to the ground, using all of his psychokinetic power to
augment his strength. Brimming with rage over Indigo's death, he
brought to bear all he had against the daemonic Presence.

But then Vaikuntha unleashed his eldritch energies and the Absurd Tentacle slowly dissipated into
a small puttlylike blob before evaporating altogether. “Enough!!”
screamed a muffled voice. From out of the dust strode a tall man, dressed
head to toe in black and grey and wearing a mask concealing his
entire face, even his eyes. A bejeweled amulet gleamed about his neck,
and he wielded an ornate blade. Was this the one-man embodiment of the
force that laid Vaikuntha low 1000 years ago?

The oblique gentlemen
swiftly moved in on Vaikuntha, fearless. He proclaimed: “Tis time
once more the Balance isalmost one case of spontaneous generation –
he was seemingly born fullblown: an adult without parents or a past.
But some force wished Gaunt to find his way; to retrace the steps of
memory that had been wiped clean. Caulder awoke in Hallmark, in
January 1955, wearing a costly suit and bearing a wallet with ID
(which gave his birthdate as January 1, 1925) and thousands of
dollars in cash. Instinctively, he sought out a bank and soon had
some sense of security. One night, he decided to drown his sorrow and
insecurity at the Lucifer Club.

There, he took a an
immediate shine to the Indian belly dancer Acacia Blessing. He was
mesmerized by her. When they were introduced by the club owner
Javier, there was an immediate bond. But there another man enamored
of Acacia, the businessman Ethan Byron.