Adam has strange dreams. The first is in ancient Egypt. Adam, or his ancestor, faces a woman with heterochromatic eyes.
The girl, probably a dancer, priestess, or concubine based on her attire, wears a shining, golden eye of Horus on her forehead. The woman touches the headband, and the world becomes distorted. Shadows creep from the buildings surrounding them, lengthening until the pair are enshrouded in darkness. A Shadow Game. The vision ends.
As for the second dream...He sees a legendary battle. One which has occurred thousands of times over countless millennia. A potent mage in black, renowned for his powers of sorcery is locked in desperate combat with a brilliant, blue dragon.
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Adam wakes earlier than he would like, the fight quickly turning from dream to nightmare as the mage is pierced by the dragon's beams of solid light. There is sharp pain in his chest, but it fades.