“And you managed to fight him off?” Jake said in a hushed tone.
“Yes. Well, the cross did most of the work,” Father Stephen said. “I just held it. He eventually fled into the forest. I stayed in the house until the sun came up. Well if you can call it that. It felt like perpetual dusk. Does the sun never shine through?”
“No,” Katherine said quietly. “Even before I was born, the land was in darkness. Korgan, who was taking the long sleep, held the clouds low over Heronveld and the surrounding forests. While the clouds held, his minions gathered folk to feed to him. They crossed over into other lands, like yours, to bring back a select few. The folk who lived there endured a hard living, trying to survive off crops and livestock.”
“Doug filled me in on Korgan. And I've dreamt of his broth
