Shrill, heart-wrenching moans of a woman echoed throughout the enormous hall of the Emperor's bedroom.
The huge, towering walls were gold-plated, shining as sunrays from the broad windows fell over them and bathed the hall in a golden hue.
On the walls, intricate yet unsettling art of many unknown beasts adorned the space. Some looked like dragons and serpents, others like humans yet oddly disfigured.
Gemstones of multiple colors were engraved on the golden plating to color the bizarre figures.
Vale Umbrae, not to his surprise, felt himself being drawn into the odd figures even though he had been looking at them for the past 300 years.