The night was at its darkest when the first tremors shook the ancient city. Under a sky swollen with storm clouds, the relics of the covenant—the Heart of the Veil, the Anchor of Light, the Mirror of Truth, the Eclipsed Crown, and the Shard of Remembrance—glimmered with a quiet, determined radiance. Yet even as their lights mingled in the council hall, a deeper chill crept along the cobblestones outside, heralding the coming of an enemy both internal and unseen.