[i][h3]The Vale[/h3][b]The Crypt,[/b]
[b]Currently[/b][/I]

The elven wizard, with no more potent magics in his arsenal than his most humble of cantrips, lanced out with the elegant blade he so bore and struck aloud with a crackle of lightning. The arcing, skittering, dancing electricity jumping to one of the small shadowy minions, the creature vanished back into the darkness once more, but there was no reveal to be seen. They had plunged into the same darkness they recalled themselves falling into that time ago, yet where nothingness overcame them, the absolute emptiness, here all they could see were the pinpricks of spiteful glowing eyes and the sounds of their foes surrounding them, barrages of attacks being unleashed.

Behind the panther-woman's spree of haste, two shadowy mages followed, their soundless bodies and utter lack of footfall behind her giving them an eerie, almost phantasmal quality. Yet, they were very much there, for as they came to a stop both readied icy spells of cold reaches, one of which veered off like a shooting comet, exploding into ice crystals against the wall just past the monk; the second made its landing upon her back. The burning, hungry entropic cold tried her with everything it could, but she was so close - the literal one light in the darkness, with all the forces of that enemy kingdom raining down upon her and her allies.

The strangest part?

Being a student of the Way of the Sun Soul, some inkling within her did not have fear. Not the fear that she should, especially not now. Something in the consuming, benevolent embrace spoke to her in a language only a warrior of the Kingdom of the Light could truly understand. But what was worthy of fear was the question... what was to come?

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All characters outside of Katia and those within 40ft of her are now in the dark. They are considered [i]blinded[/i] by the oppressive magical darkness unless they retreat to the lit room behind them or somehow manage to join her.

Haemar strikes a [i]Shadow Minion[/i], defeating it with [i]Shocking Grasp[/i] despite being at disadvantage and now not aware where the enemy is.

Only two [i]Shadow Sorcerers[/i] break off, realizing the threat Katia poses whereas the others are utterly distracted. They pursue her and cast [i]Ray of Frost[/i], one of which misses, the other of which strikes her for 8 points of cold damage.

[b]Score[/b]
[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JBiAXH4ecc]Order Amidst Chaos[/url]

[b]Map[/b]
[i][url=https://www.myth-weavers.com/map.html#id=4370]Depths of Darkness[/url][/i]

[b]Initiative[/b][list]
[*] Cesar (19)
[*] Theodore (18)
[*] [i]Valmjr (18)[/i]
[*] [i]Thea (18)[/i]
[*] [i]Birbin (15)[/i]
[*] [i]The Green Man (14)[/i]
[*] [i]Shadow Summoners (10)[/i]
[*] Wick (10)
[*] Katia (9)
[*] [i]Haemar (8)[/i]
[*] [i]Shadow Sorcerers (4)[/i][/list]
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