VALERIA

«The shadows bloomed and gathered, gaining strength in the absence of the silver light illuminating the night.

‘Umbros,’ born from fear and darkness, devoured the hearts of the weak, building its own army of specters to defy the heavens.

The Goddess had to act; everything was a consequence of her whims. So, she borrowed the lunar power of Juno, sealing Umbros and keeping him imprisoned.

But every so often, the shadows would shake the bars of their confinement, and only a Selenia could protect us from the darkness»

“That seems to be what they call your kind, Valeria—the Selenias,” Celine said to me, and I nodded as I worked on deciphering the altar.

The castle interior was just as ruined as the exterior.

We walked through cold hallways where the chilling breeze created ghostly sounds. Thankfully, no more specters or dangers appeared.

In the throne room, where half the roof had collapsed, beams of light illuminated the Altar to the Goddess, perched at the top of a set of old sta