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Maria gazed at the dark skies of Umbralheim with her emerald eyes, taking in this strange, alien world of eternal shadow. Just days ago, their great god Sanguaroth had slumbered beneath the Abyssal Blood Sea—the only ocean here, a vast expanse of miasma-like blood unfit for vampire consumption yet teeming with aquatic Blood Beasts.
Large sections of her Soul Realm continued to detach and merge into Umbralheim, slowly repairing a once-lost continent and several others, though never quite restoring them to their former state. Maria also recreated one of the moons from fragments of both, shaping a red-and-green orb with an eye-like pattern to eternally watch over the vampires and deter any suspicious behavior.
"How long until it's done? You've been at this for a week now," a tall, muscular vampire with long white hair and piercing red eyes asked from directly behind her.
