Not as expected {For Misu}
Xerath leant down to push the last few grains of sand into place.
Within his room at the Institute he had created a large circle of the glittering material. Everything else in the dark quarters had been pushed to one side, and his fierce glow just about picked out the edges of some furniture - literally the bare minimum and only used for guests. The walls were inscribed heavily with runes, but none of them currently glowed.
Inside the sand circle on the floor, he had traced an intricate design, the flowing pattern weaving all across the curved shape, mystical symbols and arrays scrawled into the very edges of the ring.
Xerath hovered over to an open book on the old table by the door, and viewed it's pages with interest. It was complete! Chuckling at his achievement, the Magus returned to the edge of the circle, humming softly in the silence. As he reached the edge, he spread his large claws, energy arcing from him as lightning and gently earthing itself below him.
"LET US SEE THIS 'BANNED MAGIC'."
He raised his claws then, until they were level with his head, words of power flowing from him as he recited the incantation. A spell to summon demons, a spell to summon darkness! The power surged through him, limited as it was by his Sarcophagus, and the feeling was blissful. The words complete, a storm of energy exploded into the room, sending Xerath flying back until he met the wall with a crack, landing heavily at the base in all but a pile of rubble.
As he recovered, picking himself up, he noticed a humanoid shape in the magical fog before him...