Isithombe: I-Tarnished Ibhekana Nokwesabeka Kwesihlahla Esinezilonda

Lesi sithombe sibonisa ukubhekana okunyantisayo nomkhathi ekujuleni kwemgodi wasendulo ongaphansi komhlaba. Ihunyushwa ngesitayela sangempela-sasengqondweni emnyama, ithwebula isikhashana sokuthula okushubile ngaphambi kokuthi kuqubuke udlame. Igumbi elikhulu lamatshe linwebeka ngaphandle libe ngumthunzi, amakhothamo alo e-gothic agwinywe ubumnyama obubandayo obuluhlaza, futhi phansi wenziwe ngetshe lefulegi elingalingani eliqhekekile ngenxa yobudala. Uthuli lulenga emoyeni njengesithwathwa, lukhanyiswa kuphela lapho ukukhanya okuncane kubamba inhlanzi emisiwe. Akukho zimbaqa nezibani ezivuthayo lapha—ikamelo likhanyiswa ukonakala kuphela.

Ngaphambili kumi iqhawe, ligqokile, linezigqoko, futhi lingenabuso. Esikhundleni sokubukeka okunesitayela noma okuphilayo, ubonakala eqinile, enesisindo, efa. Indwangu yezingubo zakhe ibohlokile emaphethelweni futhi yendlalwe emiphethweni ejulile, engokwemvelo, ucezu ngalunye lubamba amaphuzu avelele acashile avela ekukhanyeni okubi okuzayo. Ukuma kwakhe kubanzi futhi kuqinile, unyawo olulodwa lubheke phambili, olunye lubambe ibhalansi yakhe. Ingalo yakhe yesokunene yelulela ngaphandle, inkemba iphansi kodwa ilungile, insimbi ibonisa ucezu olusawolintshi entweni enengekayo ephambi kwakhe. Nakuba singenakuwabona amehlo akhe, ukuma kwakhe kukhuluma ngokuzimisela, ukushuba, nokulungela okubi.

Phambi kwakhe, egxilile ethunzini nasekuboleni, kunesilo esikhulu—i-Ulcered Tree Spirit—efana nokucatshangelwa kabusha ngendlela engokwemvelo nengokoqobo. Umzimba wayo uphakama njengesiqu esinamafindo esihlukaniswa ukugula nokubola. Amagxolo anomahhadlahhadla, akudala, futhi agqinsile ezingcwecweni ezigoqekile njenge-petified scale. Izimpondo ezinjengegatsha zisonteka ukuya phezulu ukusuka kugebhezi lwekhanda layo, zibukhali njengethambo eliphukile, ezimangelengele njengombani. Ubuso baso abufani naso isidalwa sasemhlabeni esinempilo: ingxenye kadrako wokhuni, ingxenye yendluzele yohlaka lwamathambo, ingxenye yesidumbu sesihlahla esigcwele ukhunta safa kudala kodwa senqaba ukuwa. Imbenge evulekile ihlukanisa ikhanda layo kusukela emhlathini kuya komunye, futhi ngaphakathi, amalahle ayasha njengokungathi isithando somlilo sishinqa ngemva kwamagxolo abolayo.

Isici esesabekayo kakhulu izilonda ezikhazimulayo eziqhuma kuwo wonke umzimba wayo. Izimbobo ezinama-bulb zishaya njengamanxeba angenwe yilesi sifo, ingaphakathi lawo lincibilike ngokusawolintshi, njengokungathi ubisi luphenduke umlilo. Ezinye zikhipha izinhlayiya ezibuthakathaka ezikhukhuleka zibheke phezulu njengezinhlansi ezidatshulwe emlilweni. Lezi zilonda ezikhazimulayo ziphawula yonke ijika lesilo: emahlombe aso, emaceleni aso asontekile, ahlakazekile phansi kwesisindo senyoka yomzimba waso. Izingalo eziwugqinsi ezinjengempande ziqinisa umhlabathi, izinzipho ezihlukene zimba amatshe, ziphula amathayili ngaphansi kwesisindo sesilwane. Ngemuva kwesiqu, isiqu siyanwebeka, side futhi sigoqekile, isibungu esiyingxenye, i-oki ewile, sihudula phansi njengonkulunkulu ofayo enqaba ukudilika. Ingxenye enkulu yomzimba ongezansi iyanyamalala ibe yithunzi, okugcizelela isikali—isidalwa sikhulu kangangokuthi asikwazi ukubonwa ngaso leso sikhathi.

Ukukhanya nesithunzi kuchaza ithoni. Iphalethi elibandayo eliluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka legumbi ligwinya imininingwane ebangeni, lifiphalisa amakholomu abe amasilhouette afana nenkungu. Ngokuphambene, lesi silo sivutha ngokukhazimula okufudumele, okugulayo—ukonakala kwangaphakathi okuvutha ngaphandle. Imifanekiso ewolintshi inyakaza phakathi kwamatshe kanye nensingo yeqhawe, ibamba imiphetho, ichaza ukunyakaza nangaphambi kokuba kwenzeke. Uthuli lusakazeka ezinyaweni zalesi silwane lapho izinzipho zishaya khona emhlabeni, okwenza lesi silo sizizwe sinobudlova, njengokungathi isilo sisanda kuhlasela.

Akukho lutho endaweni yesehlakalo okuphakamisa ukuphepha. Kuwumoya oqandisiwe ngaphambi komthelela—i-Tarnished grounded futhi iqinile, i-Tree Horror ikhuphuka njengokulimaza emathanjeni omhlaba. Ukunambitheka kokubola netshe kugcwalisa ukuthula. Kukhona okumele kugqabuke kuqala: isibindi seqhawe noma ukubhonga kwenunu.

Umbukeli umi ngemuva nje kwe-Tarnished, njengokungathi uzibonele mathupha. Akukho ukubaleka, akukho ukuphuma, kuphela ukungqubuzana kwensimbi efayo kanye nokhuni lwasendulo, olunezilonda olulindele ukwenzeka.

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