The Hidden Hybrid’s Redemption
From the shadows of the primary tunnel, the first line of soldiers stepped into the dim, blue-gray twilight of the dying Spires.
They wore towering, pale-white armor forged from a strange, matte metal that seemed to actively swallow the remaining light in the room. Their faces were concealed behind solid, featureless silver visors, and they carried long, heavy halberds etched with dark, pulsing runes that hissed in the cold air. Behind them, a massive, broad-shouldered figure clad in a long, wolf-pelt cloak stepped onto the platform, his heavy combat boots clicking with a slow, agonizing deliberation.