The Last Banquet II

The assembly continued.

A hush fell over the grand chamber as if the very air had drawn in a breath and dared not release it. Along the towering obsidian pillars, ember lanterns burned low, their wavering light painting restless specters upon the engraved walls—each etching a silent testament to history, both preserved and lost. Shadows stretched long and uncertain, as if they too awaited what was to come.

Above, the vaulted ceiling expanded into a celestial lattice, an intricate web of gold and sapphire threads that shimmered faintly, shifting ever so slightly in response to the tension below. It was as though the very weave of the world was tightening, bracing itself for the revelation soon to be spoken into existence.

Beyond the chamber's grand hall, in a secluded sanctum veiled by twilight silk, the witnesses, seers, and scribes gathered. Here, among cold stone and lingering incense, the air carried the weight of whispered prophecies and unspoken dread.