Chapter Sixteen“Hchrynoch ennovat drylvaunacht khrilnaarr” The guttural Dlalth invocation to withdraw the obscuring shadows from the cave entrance leached through the main chamber and each malefey standing, waiting, braced himself against the inevitable clash to follow. The smoky mantle of darkness dissipated and the Demonfey waiting outside came into view; not a straggling handful; not a single unit, but an entire legion numbering twenty or more sent to ensure the continued captivity of the Fey of the Light younglings. Yet even they, as dispassionate Demonfey of the Realm, could not conceal their surprise upon discovering three lines of opposition with weapons raised to greet them.
Just as the swirling murk vanished into the heavier ether of icy mist and soot descending from the leaden s
