The cover featured several familiar figures from myth and history set in two columns of three behind a unicorn stallion, one with an undeniable resemblance to Shadow Lock himself. And above all of them, glaring into Shadow's very soul, loomed the other the warped monstrosity that had haunted his dreams for moons. “The Base of the Pillars,” he said distantly, “by Stygian of Nova Scoltia. Well then. I do believe this will be helpful in my research. Thank you, Ms. Vellum.”