of the Concl

rodigies, now free from direct control bu

them, bewilder

kept insisting. "They

tched with worry, approa

was done to them," Ther

ew who possess the knowledge for such a

usive order of healers, their wisdom root

lder Theron, and the now-subdued Mica

ncient, luminous trees, their h

eyes like polished a

communion with his spirit, her

ew back, her ex

, her voice a soft rustle

elt a

heron asked. "W

diseased organ. But the Heartlight is the very core of a Shep

omething?" Anya asked, thinking of t

has been replaced. With the E

sp went through

dark, parasitic dimension Seraphina clearly served. They

lker essence to feed on the host's residual spiritual energy. It is nearing its

n asked, his voic

he Stalker essence and the Shadow Seed he also carries. What Se

tening in a daze, final

yes wide with horror. "Se

n with such quiet authority,

e Vale was heavy with

th, his very identity, stolen and

orrow for him, for the

as now tinged wit

nning, far more depraved

through a narrow mountain pa

aturally, coalescing

gloom

weapons that seemed

, drawing his staff, which p

hem, seasoned protectors,

tle was