Outside the window of his bed chamber, the mists of the Vale glowed with a faint, reddish-golden hue as the sun sank toward the tops of the mountains to the west.
Soon, Sir Ollie would return to escort him to a dinner where he would reunite with Lord Loman and the young lords from Hanrahan and Dunn. More importantly, he would meet the legendary High Inquisitor, Ignatious, and the other leaders of the Vale of Mists.
His mind should have been focused on Lady Ashlynn and the mysterious Eldritch Lady of the Vale known as the Harbinger of Death, but all Diarmuid could think about was coming face-to-face with the Inquisitor who had defined for generations what it meant to carry the flames of the Holy Lord of Light in his heart and into battle against the 'demons.'
