Val has retreated from society to lurk on the crags of a foggy hillside. Aside from writing the kind of horror stories concerned parents would like to throw in a pyre, they have a nasty habit of producing grimy electronic synth beats beats under the name Surgeryhead, excreting foul death thrash metal under the name Argento, and cooking up nightmarish tabletop RPGs like Squishy and Indwelling Malevolence.