Village of GhostLight
Sunset falls ad the ship arrives to a large desert island. Meredith walks down the docks to the ship. Her yellow robe visible from the shoreline. The small village light beginning to glow in the distance. Izohra meets her elder sister in the harbor before boarding the ship.
Midday of the following, the ship arrived to the Harbor of Moonvail. The dock was deserted and dark smoke could be seen in the distance from an old fire. The gate on the north western side was half broken. The door was off and half submerged under mud. Even the interior of the guard house looked to be a ruin and moss had already started to grow over the stone. The Scarlet Knight looked back to the crew of the ship and told them to remain on board until their return.
Following the road they stopped on a small hill overlooking the village. The town was deserted and in ruin. Houses and buildings were collapsed. Lingering smoke remained from partially burnt buildings. The keep was also half crumbling and the cathedral had parsley fallen into the sea below. The Faceless Knight took his journal from his satchel, on it he wrote and gave the orders to the Scarlet Knight. She read them out loud for the others to hear, "Stay together do not wonder far from the group. Look for clues and anything else that could help us figure out what has happened to this place." The fisherman stepped forward, "I don't like this, it's unnatural. Knights with your permission, I would fell much safer on the sea." The Faceless Knight slowly bowed his head, granting the fisherman his leave. The rest of the group continued into the village.
Storm clouds slowly came over the island and a light rain began to fall. The sky turned gray and orange as the sun began to set. In the town hall, Meredith looked though ruin papers on the floor. The Scarlett Knight got the Faceless Knights attention. He closed the great record book as dust filled the table. In the doorway the Scarlett Knight told him, "Indigo and Izohra are gone. I looked for them around the nearby buildings but they are gone." The Faceless Knight stepped outside into the rain, large rain drops echoed off his brass helmet. He looked to the Keep and waited a moment. He came back under the building and took our his journal. On it he explained his thoughts and his idea's. The Scarlet Knight agreed. She would look for the Indigo Knight in the keep. I'd not found, she would stay in the cathedral until the others returned. The Faceless Knight and Meredith would remain in the town and continue their search for the others in the ruin buildings. After they would join her at the cathedral.
On the other side of the island, across from the cathedral, the Indigo Knight walked into the graveyard from a ruin stone building. The rain had stopped, a fog had began to form low on the island. Looking up, the clouds began to break apart and revealed the moon light. It was bright and illuminated much of the island. Examining the graves, the Knight saw that some were open. Moss covered stone coffins opened or empty. Others were just empty holes of dirt and mud.
Weathered arms bursted from the ground, they grabbed the Knights legs pulling him down into the mud. Up to his chest the Knight heard the stone coffin in from of him slide open, followed by many more cracking and opening. As the mud came over his helmet he saw dozens of things running past.
He fell through open air and strangling roots. His legs twisted as he hit the ground. He landed on broken bricks taking the wind from his lungs. Once his breath returned, he slowly stood and drew his sword. Alone he was in a tunnel system. He could see nothing but the light coming down from the open coffin above him.
Between the cathedral and cemetery. Down the cliffs, beneath the waves was a submerged pyramid. A ghostly blue light burst up from it's point. It rose up from the waves like a tower casting it's presence over the island. All the remaining clouds now were pulled to it and circled around the beam.
C.A.A. Patton
