Niobe's cry for help radiated from her like a tidal wave, resounding throughout the forest and reaching ears faraway.

From the citadel on Mt. Radomir, a static pillar of light shot into the sky.

The amputee goddess, not having witnessed the spectacle, prepared to have her life taken. She raised her face to the executioner of her lover. Up close, she realized it was indeed a lava golem, but sentient enough to do another's bidding.

A mindless creature animated with dark ...