A few days later, a second batch of kids was found near the Varas stronghold, severely frost-bitten and on the verge of death.
Slowly, more reports trickled in of kids randomly appearing out of nowhere in the strangest of places. Naturally, after discovering the nature of the appearances, the Brotherhood and the Praesgius scrambled to mitigate the damage.
In the end, close to half the scions and more than three-quarters of the Talented that were lost in what had come to be known as The Dark Maestro incident returned alive.
Interestingly enough, a few of the returned Talented had gained an affinity for the strange energy, umbralis, but even then, very few of them could significantly wield it or exert any level of control over it.
Luckily enough, a group of mysterious kids had appeared on a ranch, a short distance outside Cromwell Hall.
The Brotherhood of Shadows had reacted immediately, sending in one of the best awakened assassins at their disposal, Conrad Darklight.
