Fading Light

In an age where war devours what remains of humankind, violence, hunger, and fear define every day. Branded as witches, women are burned or impaled alongside their children, while men on distant fields lose their lives-or their sanity.

Amid this desolation, seven beings cross paths at an ancient castle, each of them shaped in their own way by the ruin around them. Yet all seek the same thing. Unaware of the forces moving behind the veil, they make choices that could alter existence itself-for when the light of the Last One fades, the world ends with it.

Authors note

It all began during a double period of advanced history class, when the memory of our last round of 'The Dark Eye' was far more captivating than World War II: the witch's first steps, hastily scribbled in pencil on a scrap of paper...

Six friends and a little sister, babysat between candlelight and clattering dice. Today, 25 years later, this work finally receives the attention from me that it has always deserved.

For Stevy, Fabi, Pina, Björn, Lars, and Aiden.

! Trigger warning !
This story contains themes such as child abuse, the death of children, derogatory attitudes toward physical disabilities, descriptions of murder, decay, and violence against others.