Return to Story Vignettes Who are you? Who dares to carve such a slaughter through my realm? Are you hunting for trinkets and baubles? Or stealing the relics of broken legends? Do not be afraid, I care nothing for sch toys. I took them only so that you kind would follow. Now you will come closer, and I will tell you a story. Before the stars were born, there was darkness -- the true darkness. Vast empty spirits moved within that void. Unthinking… devouring… perfect. But the light of the stars was stolen from their bellies. The true darkness was diminished to a shadow, and the empty ones were bound. Nameless and thoughtless, they cannot struggle. And so they slumber, dreaming restlessly of a time when they will devour the stars. Yet, sometimes, a door is opened. Sometimes a way back t