The Covenant of the Bleeding Moon—that was the name of the cult they were now hunting.
A name whispered in the darkest corners of the mage world—tied to hundreds of disappearances, forbidden sacrifices, and spells that reeked of the old world.
A high-ranking organization with several powerful magi among its ranks—some rumored to be former royal court sorcerers who had defected, and hundreds of lesser acolytes devoted to their madness.
Their goal: to resurrect an ancient being from the primordial era—a ancestor or progenitor of a certain race that was still a mystery that was said to be so overwhelmingly powerful that it could level entire kingdoms on its own.
The ritual to bring it back was said to demand thousands of lives, blood drained, hearts burned in sacrificial fire, children stolen from their homes.
And now, that ritual was nearing its completion.
That was why the team was here.
