Survival. Visage of Shadow, #1

Kyr'sta is a new born dark elf, the newest daughter of the matron mother of the third ranked house in the underground city of Ia'Ktanthul.  The infant's physical appearance is such that it sparks the rebirth of an ancient and nearly forgotten legend that a female dark elf might someday be blessed with the visage of the Shadow Goddess.  Taken to the extreme, that blessing would hold that the family house had been given the favor of the goddess and might rise to elite status under the deity's protection.  Kyr'sta embodies those attributes; hair of shining white brilliance with perfect skin of the deepest ebony that in contrast makes her seem a shadow.  Now, the decisions the matron and those around her make could initiate a ripple of untold magnitude through the entire society.  The arrival of the Visage of the Shadow Goddess may throw the politics of the dark elves into a spiral of corruption, deceit, and deception as those of rank make claims to their self-proclaimed rightful places.  It may open a deadly rift that devours those involved and throws them into a desperate bid for survival.  You can never assume the will of a goddess and certainly never underestimate dark elves when position, status, and their own ambitions are on the line.  The fate of many just may hang in the balance and rest on the shoulders of one innocent girl.