The eight hundred plus Magus-realm dwarves had been folded away inside the inner domains of several elders, safe for the moment and completely unaware of the danger passing above their heads.
Forty-six figures fled through the dark, tunnel-like passages of the Zero Black Crevice: forty-two Grand Magus dwarves, two High Elves, and two humans, divided among three small metal vessels built specifically for desperate escapes like this.
The vessels slipped through the black seam in near silence, their altitude kept low as they followed the twisting passages beneath the surface of the Crimson Steppes.
No one lit a light.
