"ARGHH!!!"
The scream tore through the air as Emery's Embersword slashed cleanly through Talaro's arm. Blood erupted in an arc as the severed limb spun through the air.
As it fell, the dismembered hand ignited—suddenly and violently—as if some ancient curse within it had been unsealed. The flesh withered and crumbled into cinders, consumed by a ravenous, chaotic flame that bloomed outward in a swirling vortex of heat and madness.
It was the arm he used to store the stolen cosmic flame.
Kaelyn Silverleaf leaped forward with both hands outstretched. She released a surge of vibrant nature energy that collided with the rogue flame, forming a sphere of green light that encased it like a cocoon.