[Realm: Uhorus]
[Location: Verdantis]
[Embereach]
Fiona heaved out another long breath, the sound misting into the freezing Verdantis air as her sabatons pressed through layers of snow. The streets of Embereach had grown too quiet. Not the peaceful quiet either. Not the kind that came after snowfall when a city slept beneath winter skies. This silence felt unnatural, as though the city was holding its breath and waiting for something terrible to finally arrive.
The distant pounding against the barriers never truly stopped.
Even from here, far from the outer walls, she could still hear it.
The Abyssal Creatures.
Thousands upon thousands of claws and malformed bodies hurling themselves against the magical defenses protecting the city. The impact carried through the stone beneath her feet in dull tremors every few moments. Some weaker than others. Some violent enough to shake frost loose from rooftops.
