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The chapel lay in shambles, with chairs broken and overturned throughout the room. Some of the larger windows had shattered as well, leaving colored shards of glass scattered about the stone floor, their edges catching the occasional beam of sunlight that found its way into the darker recesses of the church. A splash of red ran slowly down a stone column, pointing the way to where Darius had fallen.
Losing the priest was hard enough on those who had known him, but the real loss was far greater than just the demise of the man. Darius had fallen to mortals, hunters who had seen him as an abomination, and who had killed him without the presence of another Immortal to catch his quickening. Everything that he had ever experienced, his memories, his life, the very essence of the man himself, had vanished forever in that moment.
The light that Darius had held within his soul was snuffed out, as though it had never even existed. Now, the fragile memories stored in the hearts and minds of those who knew him were all that was left of a man who had tried to change the world one soul at a time. Until eventually, time erased even those memories, leaving nothing behind at all.
Losing the priest was hard enough on those who had known him, but the real loss was far greater than just the demise of the man. Darius had fallen to mortals, hunters who had seen him as an abomination, and who had killed him without the presence of another Immortal to catch his quickening. Everything that he had ever experienced, his memories, his life, the very essence of the man himself, had vanished forever in that moment.
The light that Darius had held within his soul was snuffed out, as though it had never even existed. Now, the fragile memories stored in the hearts and minds of those who knew him were all that was left of a man who had tried to change the world one soul at a time. Until eventually, time erased even those memories, leaving nothing behind at all.
