Elena's Rebirth

by the spreading blight, following the earth's increasingly insistent whispers. They witnessed once-bright forests turned into skeletal husks, the

of the forest gave way to a discordant hum that irritated Elena's senses as the air became heavy with a su

thing's not right here." Around them, the trees were blackened and twisted, their br

d from being kind advice to urgent warnings, a chorus of distress. This area's Ley Lines

usual cynicism, Kaelen gazed at the spi

of his sword, Bram growled, "It feels...un

olled by grotesque figures, twisted mockeries of mortal and possibly even celestial forms. T

d hissed, "More of them."

t were all linked to Zephyr and his treachery. In addition to tryi

cape, utilizing her developing bond with the earth. From the spire, she could feel the f

surface was carved with odd, sharp symbols that pulsed with a sickly green lig

Despite their twisted and corrupted origins, they are cele

opening in the spire. They had a number of mortal figures drag

soners," Bram said i

were in danger because of the darkness that had p

o the spire. She stated in a determined tone, "We must enter.

ilding, its stifling aura en

nothing, everything will be consumed by this darkness. With beseechi

menacing spire. His face then hardened with grim

ipping his sword tighter

connection to the earth was strained and distorted, as the corrupted energy inside her beat like a malicious heartbe

chanting of invisible people as they made their way carefully. The dark influence

of dark energy pulsed in the center. The vortex was fed by the energy of the imprisoned mortals who were chained around the chamber and directed t

as Z

, a corruption that reflected the rot beyond. He was obtaining power from the

the name leaving a bitter

s twisted into a ruthless smile. But whatever. The inevitable will only be accelerated by your presence here. He pointed to the whirlpool. Look, El

te ruin because of his perverted sense of duty. "Zephyr, this isn't order! This

h. Elena, sentimentality. You always had a

ar-born, stood up to the man who had planned her demise, prepared to defend the equilibrium h