CROWNED BY BLOOD
It was coordinated, methodical, surgical in its precision.
Seraphina arrived first at our interdimensional meeting point, her usually graceful wings flickering with static energy that spoke of deep distress. "The merfolk courts of the Sapphire Depths have completely collapsed," she reported, her voice tight with barely controlled emotion. "Their bond songs and the harmonic connections that have united their people for millennia have fallen completely silent. They swim past each other recognizing no kinship, feeling no pull toward their own kind."