Perpetual gloom engulfed the entire valley. Elwin felt the icy tendrils of the dark god’s power wash over him only to be rebuked by the light emanating from his necklace.

You will not prevail this day. This I vow.

Elwin knew they were close when a shift in the wind delivered death and decay that he could taste. The ground shook with the roar of hate turned corporeal. He burst out into the open field with his pack and knew what true fear felt like.

Warm energy pulsed from around his neck and the despair clinging to his emotions vanished, replaced with hope and a resolve to see this to the end.

“It’s time we took the fight to them!”

Elwin plowed into the horde letting his purifying light expose the creatures. They were a mix of converted beasts and wal...

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