Salindrai

The darkening of the skies outside his marble observatory signaled the arrival of the long awaited Eclipse. Kalliver had been tracking the astral alignment for years, awaiting its arrival and the chaos that would follow its revolting darkness. To most, the sudden concealment of the sun they adore felt as an omen. To blacken the light that gave their crops life and their day its joy, to block the warmth of the sun’s radiance and its power; it was a warning, a call! The darkness be seen! Sandals skittered across marble steps and wooden walkways, voices hushed and whispered as the moon made its journey to the edge of the sun. People already noticed; the crescents forming in the shadows of trees and the day darkening too early for the workers tending their fields.  The unicorn hunched over his desk, studying his maps of planets and stars while tracing a pen from the moon to the sun. He had been tracking this event for 3 years, studying every pattern of the sun and moon and noticing a