Waves of the Tide Part I: A Shadow's Rake

On the outskirts of Timberdam there is a mine, abandoned years ago, to where some of the town’s citizens are drawn. They gather here to flee a common nightmare, seeking safety through use of an experimental drug which promises relief. Once imbibed, its users ache for the high, their dreams growing clear and vacant, though for at least one of these troubled dreamers, the vacancy heralds his own nightmare’s release. Now a shadow wanders through the city, a paranormal predator whose psychic rake casts out in search of the most sumptuous minds to taste, identities to devour, and the woman the shadow finds could be his greatest feast, or seduce him into oblivion alongside her tragic fate. Meanwhile, an old fortune-teller works to weave the threads of her visions together, as she knows well the dangers posed by shadows and nightmares thus unleashed. Yet even with what powers she possesses from her blessed heritage, she finds there can always be blindness as mists of doubt confuse her sight.