Rise of the Unknown.

"Is this all?"

The voice echoed through the grand council hall….sharp, mocking, filled with eerie amusement.

The air crackled with an ominous energy, thick enough to choke.

Haelyn hovered mid-air, her silhouette bathed in swirling shadows that pulsed and twisted like living embers.

The sheer weight of her presence sent shivers through the council members still rooted to their places.

Below her, Zareth roared.

His monstrous transformation was complete….a monstrous, towering beast, his fur like liquid darkness, claws long enough to shred steel, his fangs dripping with raw fury.

His red eyes burned through the shadows, filled with murderous rage.

But Haelyn…..

Haelyn only laughed.

A slow, cruel laugh that sent a tremor through the already shaken hall.

She tilted her head, her eyes gleaming unearthly blue.