Raven's Dawn

Petrillo defends the perimeter against void manifestations and cultist reinforcements while the inner team works the ritual. He fights shadows that have weight, intercepts a breach headed for Abigail, and holds the line through tactical discipline learned from Dominick and Arthur.

Niccolo prays against Mal'akheth's void-nature in layered assault: Psalms as foundation, exorcism rites as walls, Aramaic invocation as roof. Each layer builds spiritual architecture reinforcing Haatim's channel and Abigail's tether.

Haatim channels his Gift at unprecedented intensity, creating a corridor of human meaning around Abigail's tether that weakens Mal'akheth's void-nature. The physical cost is devastating—nosebleed, doubling vision, legs collapsed. He watches Abigail's golden blaze flicker with near-dissolution.

Abigail holds the corruption tether to Mal'akheth at the central ritual site. The entity's spiritual weight is staggering. She pulls it closer to the physical plane inch by inch, the focal stones creating friction that ratchets her progress.