The Primordial Beast did not lie. Andar was alone, and Rowan's quiet voice in his heart was silent.
The moment he passed through the barrier, the disorienting sensation Andar felt did not come only from the act of stepping onto a higher plane of existence; it also arose from the Will of Rowann being stripped away from his body and soul and the various shocking events that were transpiring did not allow him to discover this discrepancy until he was duly informed by the mysterious being here with him.
A moment before, while Andar "summoned" the power of the Great Storm and the Flame Guards were sent to bring him to the Supreme Mage, chaos had arisen in the hall where the Supreme Magus Endirius had sat with his seven descendants.
When it was revealed that the storm carried Primordial Essence, the seven Magus Elders erupted in a frenzy, disregarding the cool intellect the mages were famous for cultivating.
