NEW STORY ARC  �A PHANTASMIK APOCALYPTO BEGINS� � The Crown Eats Men.Hafez is steeped in a cunning poison. Son of Reza, he�s under the sway of Zahhak, the serpent-shouldered king of Persia. Reza rages as the boy teeters between myth-spinning prodigy and fever-dream of comic-book tropes. Day one on the throne, Zahhak shreds royal ceremony and butchers his reign before it begins.