Shadowborn Exile

Most of the Shadowborn lived partially underground, and what remained above—crumbling ruins swallowed by time—was blanketed in dense foliage, a byproduct of the essence the Vanguard retrieved and the Spectralists refined. The Spiralrealm stretched before him: vast, coiled, and mysterious, humming with forgotten history. The third, an older woman with white hair braided back from a battle-lined face, stood just behind them. Below, Luther and Eli sat on the steps playing with white stones while Kairos and Joan finally reached the mistwhale’s bones and Sebastian continued to watch them work. “Take a load off,” Kairos called up to him. “It won’t be much longer now.