Ortious

Silver, thin as a thread and more potent than the realm itself. 'A blur,' read the mind, '-a blur.' Katherine felt akin to a feather, such was the sense of time. The ground cracked at a magnitude of an earthquake, Igna vanished. A dark fissure snapped across the reddened ground. A mist of raw energy eased and therein laid much of an otherworldly force. 

  "Nothing you do will help," laughed Artanos, "-even if you manage to win, I've ensured the realm is sealed. Nothing will help, Igna, nothing will. I'm sorry," he resettled upon the risen throne, "-for I  have  won."