In The Dark

In The Dark is the fifty-second chapter of Tales of Sheol'gotha:  Shadow of the Abaddon.

Synopsis
Valon, Palus and Soltas converse with the stranger that they encountered in the tomb, finding a deranged vampire who dates back to the Curse that the banners referenced. He claims to be a deposed king, and while Palus and Soltas are skeptical, Valon suddenly remembers a surname and identifies him as Coagion Daegarade who was once King of the West and King of Earth.

They don't linger on the topic for long as they focus on getting out, and Coagion takes the cube Valon has and begins turning it before suddenly declaring there's an exit somewhere. They emerge from the prison in a cold fortress which Coagion identifies as Azn Geticoa - the Citadel of Black Ice. He explains how he created the tomb to trap the sickness within the fortress, but that he got trapped after being displaced from his grave.

They enter into a room, and Coagion warns them they need to run and not ask questions. Without warning he explodes from the room and the others follow him, running through the hallways as hands grasp from the ground, and a dark mass pursues them. They rush up steps and burst suddenly from the tomb into the marshes around Kopryshj, escaping the fortress and the prison.

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