Karenna continued. "A Seer at the camp received an urgent message through the seeing orb when the Queen transformed. It happened when our father was forced to return to our plane from the ancient portal."

A mystical seer stands in a chamber beyond time, draped in robes that shimmer with embroidered constellations, each thread shifting like liquid silver. His veiled face is suspended between shadow and light, an enigmatic presence half-seen, half-imagined. On his hand, an elaborate ring cradles a living ...