Shyreiana.

A river of blood.

A sea of starry skies.

Grotesque beings from beyond the fabric of existence.

A man with long silvery hair was standing in the centre of it all, sealed in illusory chains.

A little girl floated behind the man, snuggling inside a blanket made from the same illusory chains as him.

Shackled by chains.

Shackled by fate.

Shackled by eternity.

Shackled by the….perpetuity of...

The Blood Tide.

Faviana opened her eyes and saw herself kneeling in front of the man.

For she was half-submerged in the river of blood.

For she knew who he was, but she could not recall where she met the man?

The man came forth and released a violet glop of blood from his mouth. The glop of violet blood floated in the void before nestling itself on one of his fingertips. Then symbols flashed within his azure eyes and projected themselves upon her forehead.