Vekrodus (#2): The Black Crystal Mountains

Moving on from the Veinous Gara Forest, our second stop on the Vekrodus tour is the Black Crystal Mountains. If you're jumping in just now and thinking, what have I missed?, or even, what is Vekrodus?, start here.

'After a few long, drawn-out seconds, he threw her a bone. “Mountains of naturally forming crystal,” he said. “Black and translucent. When light pierces through them, they gleam in hundreds of varying shades of black, from shadow grey to purest darkness.' - Shadow-Stained

The Black Crystal Mountains are exactly what they sound like, and when Drayvex reluctantly tells Ruby about this natural phenomenon on his planet, she's transfixed by the picture he paints. She immediately imagines them framed by the rising morning sun in a beautiful display. What she soon learns is that this can never actually happen. The demon planet is missing one key component -- the sun.

​Charged by Vekrodusean forces hazy to even Drayvex himself, the Black Crystal Mountains thrum with raw power that bleeds up from deep within the core of the planet itself. If you were to break off a chunk of crustal from the mountains, you could harness and utilise the power contained within -- if you were to know what you were doing, of course.

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'He paused, presumably for effect, as extravagant images flooded her mind. She could see it all.
“When they’re struck,” he hummed, lowering his voice, slipping towards her, “you can hear them ring from miles away.”' - Shadow-Stained

Ruby doesn't get to visit the Black Crystal Mountains in Shadow-Stained or Soul-Strung, though you can take that with a pinch of salt. Will we get to visit them in book three? Now there's a question... ;-)

Our next stop on the tour is the Sea of Blood. If you've read Shadow-Stained, you'll know just how important this location is and its significance to certain events. I can't wait to share more with you. 

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