Half-bat, half-human, The Messenger sprang out from behind the rocks and raced past the perplexed villagers, her eyes gleaming with ecstatic joy. She spread out her leathery wings to take flight and cackled “This is merely the beginning of the message I’ll deliver!”

As she disappeared into the distance, the villagers stared up at the sky with a mixture of fear and awe. They knew that their troubles were far from over.