A Walk in the Dark

longnight The monsters clamber around the ring of light. They throw sticks and stones clearly wanting to break the Sage's bones, but all attempts either go wide, or bounce harmlessly off of him. Luck and speed are on the bard's side as he moves for the soul, it in turn embued by his confidence, floats steadily towards him. Though massive jaws lunge from the shadows, the soul is able to evade the snap of second-death and scatters itself into the lantern.