Lament of Essen-Vaerne, Section 3 by MasterDRD, literature
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Lament of Essen-Vaerne, Section 3
With the party watching from their hidden vantage points they saw the twelve Legionnaires walking down the street, their eyes wary and their weapons at the ready. After a moment, several little spirals of ash kicked up on the ground around them, like snow swirling in the wind. These swirls grew stronger, then rose up into the air above the Legion and coalesced into a humanoid shape as black as onyx; man-sized but featureless, and looking rather blurry and indistinct as if a stiff breeze might simply blow it apart. As soon as the shape was done forming, everyone present felt a crushing wave of despair; a bleak, hopeless feeling that even the