The King of Nothing was preparing, too.
Only, unlike Cassie, he wasn't drawing runes on the black stone. Instead, he was simply bringing some of his vessels to the Ebony Island.
Looking at them, Rain could not help but feel her stomach churn.
'Creepy, creepy, creepy…'
Mordret of Nowhere seemed like the most inhuman of the Sovereigns for more than one reason. It was not just that his soul was split among millions of vessels… it was also that most of those vessels were not human. Instead, they were Nightmare Creatures.
The Chained Island bordered the Hollow Mountains in the north and the Glass Hell in the west, so it was an important confluence point for the King of Nothing. It was also a gate leading south, across the regions of the Dream Realm conquered by the King of Swords decades ago, and over the Black Mountains, where the heartland of the Dream Realm lay.
