In the depths of Iosian, the Shadowbound, led by Ati, the Shadow, turned
upon Bloodloch, intent on not only devouring and subjugating it, but
bending it utterly to the will of the Shadow Mother, Ohlsana.
Challenging Bloodloch to either perish or to surrender their Primus,
Abhorash Nehekhara, they were answered by the Primus himself advancing
into the cold desert, challenging the Shadow to come and take him.

A fight broke out among the Primus and the Shadow, the two figures
battling across the dunes. Though the Primus fought bravely, shredding
the creature's flesh and spilling its dark blood upon the ground, he was
ultimately rent apart by Ati's powerful limbs, his mist swallowed. It
seemed, for a time, as if the Primus might have perished upon the
Mhojave.

As Ati rose to rejoin the Shadowbound, however, it soon became clear
that Its victory was not sure - It began to struggle and shrink in upon
Itself, devoured from within, unable to prevent the attack from within
Itself. Moments later, the Primus reformed upon the desert - having not
only slain Ati from within, but having absorbed Its shadowy essence as
well. Time will tell what new capabilities he has been endowed with, in
light of his gruesome victory.

Shortly afterward, the Shadowbound and the other denizens of the Shadow
Plane fled from Bloodloch, fearing that the Primus would devour them as
well. The Shadow Lord Murgraxis, swearing vengeance upon the realm for
Ati, the Shadow's demise, proceeded to unleash more of the Shadow
Plane's creatures upon the realm, focusing upon the cities of
Spinesreach and Duiran.

Penned by my hand on the 16th of Ios, in the year 452 MA.