Shadow Slave

Sunny stared at the last engraving for a few moments, and then continued walking.

The revelations he had uncovered on the walls of the ancient mine gave him a lot to think about. The truth that he had been piecing together for a very long time was finally more complete than fragmented.

So, something had indeed fallen from the sky and put a start to the eventual destruction of this land. Sunny had suspected that this was the case for a while now, especially after witnessing the colossal impact crater that was situated between the Dark City and the Ashen Barrow.

At times, he had been almost ready to believe that it was really the result of the Vile Thieving Bird dropping the Weaver's eye "on the mortal realm below", as written in the description of the Lineage Memory he had consumed.

The Thieving Bird had gone mad after looking at the reflection of the -unknown- which was apparently forever frozen in the depths of Weaver's pupil. The madness and corruption that reigned over the Forgotten Shore were similar enough for him to draw a parallel.

However, now he knew that it had been an actual being that had fallen from the skies, wreathed in light and flame. A beautiful figure that emanated brilliant radiance and had three eyes on its terrible, perfect face.

Sunny didn't know what led the ancient humans to attack it, but they had killed the creature — perhaps managing such a feat only because it was already weakened by its fall from the heavens and the events that had sent it plummeting down.

But by doing so, they had unleashed the flood of darkness and caused the destruction of their land.

Sunny was under the impression that the annihilation of the ancient civilization had been instantaneous, but as it turned out, humans had continued to fight against the curse for a long time. Generations, even — that's why the founders of the Starlight Legion were described as being born in the all-consuming darkness.

He didn't know whether the monsters that came to feast on the human flesh had been contained within the body of the fallen being along with the ocean of darkness, or whether they were all humans corrupted by the curse — with those present at the moment of the creature's death becoming the most terrifying ones.

What he did know, however, was that the Starlight Legion had managed to push the monsters back and build an impregnable fortress for the humans under their protection. That fortress would later become the Dark City.

of the Legion had achieved something even more inconceivable. They had built

an artificial

Shore was not real. It was, in fact,

'...Speak about ambition.'

awe after learning that those seven madmen had actually managed to create a sun. They had

celebration. The forces of good had vanquished the curse of darkness and brought a new era of light and prosperity to the inhabitants of

not where

and now that had caused the obliteration of the ancient civilization, the

But what?

Perhaps he would be able to find the answer to

reality shown in the engravings and the state the Forgotten Shore

and the other members of the cohort knew. The engravings did not show the curse of darkness as

and no sea, there was no cycle of tides that turned the Forgotten

least as the result

didn't know what significance

he had noted was that, while other members of the party were

walking past the mural depicting the radiant being with three incandescent eyes, Nephis had stopped and looked at it for several long

lingered for a second, and continued

detail. However, he couldn't even

***

time later, they entered a wide circular hall. In the center of it, a dark chasm opened into the depths of the mountains, leading so far down that Sunny couldn't