The shadow worshipers performed their unholy rituals, but when the lunar eclipse came, nothing happened.

Confused and crestfallen, they looked to the elderly shaman, who was already riffling through the pages of his grimoire.

After rereading the ancient texts, he suggested they try again, next time under a solar eclipse.

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