Gaul the Sage: Legend of the Monks’ Obsidian Library
The air in the valley didn't just feel cold; it felt heavy, like wet wool pressing against the lungs. I’ve never seen a place as dark as this before. It wasn’t the absence of light, but the presence of something else—a living, breathing gloom. "That’s why they call it The Dark," Leaf whispered, his hand white-knuckled around the hilt of his belt knife. Even the ancient, twisted pines seemed to recoil, their branches arching away from the center of the woods. There is a guardian here in the dark that even the trees fear. It is an evil guardian, a shadow that hungers for more than just flesh; it wants the very history of the world. The Journey North "We’re wasting time," Haru Glory barked, shaking the frost from his cloak. "We can’t fight a shadow with steel. You must find Gaul the Sage. But he lives far to the north, in the mountains of Deltora that border Symphonia and Narnia. It’s a trek through the frost-bitten passes that would kill a lesser man." ...