The Shadow Knight
As he placed it against his face, the world dissolved.
Sunlight streamed through stained-glass windows, painting the Chapel of First Light in hues of gold and crimson. Kaelen knelt before the altar, completing morning prayers as he had countless times before. His armour gleamed, polished to mirror brightness, the emblem of House Dawnblade proudly displayed on his tabard.
"Rise, Knight-Captain," came a familiar voice.
Aldric stood in the doorway, his weathered face bearing none of the trauma that captivity would later carve into it. This was memory, perfect and pristine, unsullied by knowledge of what would come.