A.t.o.p., an acronym for Akkad the Orphic Priest, is based on a character from Lawrence Durrell's masterpiece "Monsieur". This hierophant, Akkad, is guru to a group of a Gnostic, Orpheus worshippers, and also executioners. A part of being in this secret society involves the group's unanimous belief that a neophyte turned adept, having reached the highest state of consciousness a human can, this person is found and killed. The receiver of this most strange and unassuming gift never sees it coming.