Overseas Islands. Port Nyanzaru.
Soren had just returned to the Grand Temple when the bishop responsible for the South Coast sent back some good news.
They had found the Shadow Thieves' hideout.
But the good news came with bad news as well. The rogues Soren had sent out had also discovered followers of the [Lady of Night] (greater divinity).
The Lady of Night was one of the oldest evil deities!
Although she had cooperated with the Lord of Shadows, that had all been before the Time of Troubles. The Lady of Night desperately wanted to seize the [Shadow] portfolio to further strengthen her power. Since she already held the [Night] portfolio, gaining [Shadow] would make her power truly terrifying.
The Lady of Night's crest was easy to recognize: a purple ring surrounding a black disk.
Another point worth mentioning was that the Lady of Night's God's Realm was also in the Shadow Plane, though it was a separate realm called the [Shadow Realm].
"The hunter becomes the hunted?"
Soren gently set down the intelligence report that had arrived, a faint sneer appearing on his face.
If the Lord of Shadows was the hunter, then the Lady of Night was naturally the predator lurking behind him, while Soren, a newly ascended deity, appeared to be their prey. This also explained why the Lord of Shadows had managed to refrain from attacking Soren personally all this time. The Lady of Night was watching him from behind, waiting for him to expose a weakness. But the Time of Troubles was an age of utter chaos. While the Lady of Night watched the Lord of Shadows, the other great deities of the righteous alignments were watching her as well.
Especially the [Lord of Radiance], who had always considered the Lady of Night one of