Editing Shadow Spire (section)

==== The Hopeslayer's Thorns ====
The Spires were the living creations used for sieges by the Shadow army. In the [[Empyrean Shadow War]] during the Yalaini Shadow War, 15 Shadow Spires -- also known as thorns -- appeared on Dereth. <ref>2000/07 [[To Raise a Banner of Flame]] - [[Aerlinthe Record]]</ref>

From the [[Aerlinthe Record]]:

''"RE 895: Darkness falls upon the shores of Ireth Lassel. A vast reach of Black Madness and fifteen Thorns accompany the Hopeslayer, his generals, and their army."''

One of the spires were destroyed during the [[Battle of Ayn Tayan]] by Lord [[Anadil]].<ref>2000/08 [[Taste of Twilight]] - [[Sandy Note]]</ref> Another thorn blew up when the energy from the Hopeslayer's crystal trap destroyed the [[Jailne Lyceum]] in the area now known as the [[Obsidian Plains]] '''(reference needed)'''