Scene 1: The Awakening
Elara awakened to darkness and the taste of ash. Her body ached as if she had been dragged through the eye of a needle, every muscle screaming in protest as she forced herself to sit up. The cool stone beneath her palms was etched with runes that pulsed with faint blue light—just enough to reveal that she was alone in a circular chamber she had never seen before.
"Morden?" she called, her voice echoing strangely. "Kale? Anyone?"
Only silence answered. The last thing she remembered was standing before the Cipher Gate with her companions, the seven keystones arranged in the ancient pattern. Then came the flash of light, the sensation of falling, and now... this.