Broken by One, Desired by All
The dark form swelled, growing ten, twenty, forty feet tall, sprouting twisted limbs made of dense, oily shadow and jagged bone-like protrusions.
A colossal shadow-beast lifted its featureless head, and a hollow maw opened to release a sound that shook the dust from the parapet walls. Several younger archers flinched at the noise, their knuckles white against their bowstrings.
"Aim for the cores inside their chests!" Kaelen barked, narrowing his eyes as he adjusted his aim downward. "Don't let their shadow touch your skin, or it will drain your soul!"
He loosed his string.