Shadows of Heart : The Awakening
The group turned as one to see a fissure splitting the stone, jagged and gaping, from which an inky blackness spilled forth like smoke.
“Whatever it is, it’s coming,” Sara said, her voice shaking.
A shape began to emerge - a hulking, malformed creature, its body twisted and pulsating with veins of molten energy. Its eyes burned like twin coals, and its limbs stretched unnaturally, claws scraping against the stone floor.
“It’s a guardian,” Ellara said grimly. “Designed to protect the bastion at all costs.”
The beast let out another roar, its voice resonating like a storm, and charged.