A few days went by in a flash. Nothing serious seemed to have happened, but grand and dire events were being set in motion in the shadows.
Saint Madoc had transported several cohorts of Valor retainers into the Dream Realm and then disappeared. Of course, no one was told about his absence — in fact, Clan Valor made a good show of pretending that he was still around, supporting the Awakened in the Dream Realm.
It was a believable lie.
Awakened, Ascended, and Saints were affected by the Call all the same — if they traveled to the Dream Realm near a Nightmare Gate, they would be brought to the area surrounding the Seed instead of to where their anchor was. However, there was a big difference when a Transcendent was actually involved.
That difference was that Saints could return to the waking world by just using their innate powers, while Awakened and Masters needed to find a Gateway to come back.
