“Some say that all Shadowborn magic is a bastardization of Alarus’s magic,” he said. “The Melume gives us an opening to a deeper well of power. The castle will use it to fortify itself, high-ranking sorcerers will use it to conduct powerful spells more easily, and certain ancient relics will make themselves more visible.” He gestured to the House of Shadow crest hanging above the door, and the face that stared back at us from it. “Like the mask. The Mask of Vathysia.”
