SILAS

Through these eyes that could pierce both bodies and dark hearts, I discovered the specters trapped within the trunks of those trees.

Shadows filled with hatred.

Their bodies had died and rotted, but their thirst for vengeance, their resentment, their spirits, remained imprisoned in these cages, where elementals were sent to die once they became useless.

I stood up. Lightning illuminated the darkness. I called them with all my power. This was why this dark magic had brought me here. It was euphoric, eager to absorb and feed on these shadows.

I didn’t stop it this time. I let it explode in a wave of destruction that shattered the bark of the trunks, broke the chains, and set them free.

"Come to me!"

I called them with resolve. They would not be easily tamed, would not allow themselves to be controlled. They would not accept a master after just tasting freedom.

But I needed their hatred, their resentment, their darkness, to strengthen mine, to become something truly fearsome.

Howl