Blessing of the Deep

The evolved hobgoblin champion took tentative steps into the darkness, his formidably muscled body tensed and ready to fight of any manner of attack. For the first few seconds, the Collector observed that the unit did not encounter any resistance.

In fact, aside from the ever-increasing aura of heaviness, an atmospheric phenomenon created by a high concentration of a type of magical energy that the Collector had never yet sensed before, the environment seemed normal.

The complete dark of nightfall upon empty winter waste. Pure, solid darkness painting over what should have been reflective white. 

From here, the attacks came.

The entire process lasted 0.77 seconds, but in that time, the Collector perceived many stimuli upon the goblin champion unit.