"I think you should know just as much about the Shadow from what I have told you. He had been absorbing Soulbearers since he suddenly appeared, and around the time you finished your Pathway rite, he moved here with his followers.
"The Shadow seems wary of you and was the one that gave the Black Accord the mission before he finally joined the Accord himself.
"The Shadow is a shadow. But he has his own followers, and his subordinates are pretty strong from different Advancement stages with the blessing of Shadow. That is the Shadow."
Vacuse nodded.
"Phoenix is one of the Numbered Accord. She is ranked Twenty and is in the Sovereign Ascended stage, the first crown of it."
"First crown? What is that?" It was the first time he had heard something like that.
But Jellyfish did not answer. "You will naturally know that. She came from one of the ancient families of the Azgarath Empire, but her family fell a long time ago."
