<div class="floatleft">(http://images.elfwood.com/art/d/r/dragos/gnomefemale_small.jpg)</div>Talia looks at the unatural darkness, confused at first.  Then she sighs.  "Magical Darkness? Or a portal of some sort?"  Curious, she draws an arrow from her quiver and pushes it part way into the darkness, then tries to pull it out again.