I did not need to inform the warband that we would soon be receiving new guests as they had left one of the Shades behind, and he was rushing down the tunnel to meet us.
I turned away from the tunnel and looked at the seated figure, my eyes drawn to the orb it held, and tried to look deeper, and my frown deepened as I noticed that this lifeforce, although powerful, seemed to be extremely chaotic, as if it was a chaotic mix of… I looked at the vast arrays of bodies, and a terrifying thought occurred to me.
All these deaths… was it to feed this crystal?
I gestured towards Ruggah and he moved closer to me. "How long has Serrath been used as a garrison?"
