Unbound

Felix and Pit burst into his Void Sanctuary to find the entire place on high alert. Clouds of Hatchlings plied the sky and metal soldiers were racing through the streets past his palace.

"Get on!" Pit cried.

Felix jumped aboard Pit's back and with a mighty rush, they soared up into the air. Hatchlings surrounded them, a murmuration that all but clung to Felix. There was no fear from them—there was very little emotion at all, in fact—but they seemed protective. As if guarding against something.

"There!" Pit pointed his beak. From above, they could easily spot the disturbance. Ahead, where the hexagonal plaza opened up near the tiered Shadowgates, there was an altercation. And it was bloody.

A veritable invasion had filled the Shadowgate plaza. A swarm of child-sized praying Mantises poured out of the gate to Jaast, flying on buzzing yellow wings and brandishing their bright blue scythe arms at the creatures that opposed them. Metal soldiers that Felix had decided to call Steelarms worked the swarm inward, flanking the insects with their pikes. Axes swung with machine-like efficiency, each movement dismembering a chitinous limb as they worked to control the swarm.

Unseen Beholder.

Name: Chittershade Mantis

Type: Insect (Manawarped)

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