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Stealing Sorcery

Geraine watched the battle, loathing them all.

The Imperator could not imagine his own defeat.

The Hopeslayer's wrath was empty at its core.

And Asheron … His nobility filled Geraine's heart with hatred.

None of them would triump. He would undo them all.

In the end, the Firstborn did not find the book.

It found them.

To Geraine, it revealed the secrets he desired –

long-lost Glyphs that gave power over the Menhir stones, the key to Dereth's magic.

Armed with this lore, Geraine stole the Menhir and sealed them within the Vaults.

Without them, the magic had nothing to contain its power.

The Great Ones knew nothing of the doom awaiting them.

Geraine watched … and smiled.