The Shadow Knight
The sight itself inspired primal unease, celestial body transformed into omen that transcended rational dismissal.
"It begins," the Shadow Knight observed, his substance responding to the moonrise with subtle intensification of the starlight patterns visible within his darkness.
The Inquisitors at the central altar raised their arms in coordinated movement, beginning chant that carried across the plains despite physical distance that should have rendered it inaudible. Their voices wove complex harmonics that attempted to establish control over the spiritual energy now visibly manifesting as crimson mist rising from cracked ground.
"They seek to harness death itself," Serena realized, her vio