At the northern region of the city, the darkness had only just begun to extend its plague across the atmosphere.

What had once been a bright and welcoming sky was gradually losing its natural color. The warmth of the day was being robbed from the people beneath it, replaced by an unfamiliar chill that seemed to seep into the very air they breathed.

The alluring sky-blue slowly faded into gray. Then, little by little, the gray darkened.

Eventually, the first signs of black began to spread across the northern sky.

Most of the people who noticed the sudden change had no idea what was happening. To them, it looked like...