Chapter 1442: The Shattered Accord

The balance that had been tentatively restored after the Rite of Reflection now faced its greatest challenge. Though the clans were united in understanding the Shadow within, external forces loomed on the horizon—forces that neither light nor shadow could fully anticipate.

Far to the north, beyond the jagged peaks of the Ironspine Mountains, an ancient threat stirred. A faction long thought extinct—the Duskbringers—had emerged from the ashes of history. These zealots, whose philosophy was rooted in the eradication of the Shadow at any cost, believed the Academy's approach to coexistence was heresy. They had vowed to cleanse the world of both the Eternal Shadow and the guardians who harbored it.

At their stronghold, the Black Spire, the Duskbringers' leader, Malrik Solen, addressed his followers. His voice rang out with a fervor that bordered on madness.