“You didn’t destroy us all. And that mistake will be your undoing.”
One of the ancient darkin, Varus was a deadly killer who loved to torment his foes, driving them almost to insanity before delivering the killing arrow. He was imprisoned at the end of the Great Darkin War, but escaped centuries later in the remade flesh of two Ionian hunters—they had unwittingly released him, cursed to bear the bow containing his bound essence. Varus now seeks out those who trapped him, in order to enact his brutal vengeance, but the mortal souls within still resist him every step of the way.
Ionia. A land of magic. A land of balance. A land of light.
But not always a land of peace.
Just as there are creatures within Ionia who seek to upset its order, so too are there those who fight to preserve it; Arrows of Protection, hunters of monsters.
Valmar and Kai are two such hunters.
But not all monsters can be defeated with bow and steel.
And not all darkness can be so easily banished by the light.
Slayer Valmar, desperate to save the life of his beloved Kai, surrendered to an ancient spirit, one of the Darkin.
The creature, true to its word, saved Kai’s life...by taking it as its own.
Valmar, Kai, and the Darkin fused into a single entity. A creature of rage, vengeance, and death.
Varus lives.