Burn: The Last Witness (part 23)

(The Midnight Hunt)
*As soon as Burn and Kathryn enter the Citadel, they are approached by the Elders. These men and women were the first to have found the city, drawn by the voice of the High Father who resides in the Hallowed Hall, the center of the Citadel where it is said the eternal light of this forever place is from. The High Father sits on a throne of white the rests at the top of a white marble staircase behind golden doors at the highest tower of the Hallowed Hall. For almost two millenia, that door would swing open to the Elders every decade for only them to walk through and approach the throne of white so they could speak to the High Father about how they should run the Citadel and deal with rescuing people from the Darkened Earth. But over the last century, and ever since the Elders started to ignore the High Father and decide on their own who is to be rescued and who is not, turning away some who have stumbled upon the Citadel without a Witness to guide them, the golden doors have stayed shut. The Elders bring Burn and Kathryn to the Hallowed Hall and start up towards the golden doors. Maybe things will finally swing open for them [AI Art]*