In the clandestine corners of Pendralis, a dynamic shifted as Adrian Blackthorn, the once-defeated leader of the Obsidian Syndicate, sought to regain lost ground. Nursing both physical and ego wounds from a past encounter with Alex Lancaster, Blackthorn opted for a different approach. Meanwhile, in the shadows, Maxwell Hawthorne, a figure with a simmering vendetta against the Chessman, observed the unfolding chaos with a keen interest.
Deep within the veiled sanctuaries beneath Pendralis, Blackthorn convened with Seraphina Noir, his most lethal assassin, and Maxwell Hawthorne, a strategic mind with a burning desire for revenge. The labyrinthine tunnels became the clandestine meeting ground where their motives converged into an unholy alliance. Seraphina, a silent harbinger of chaos, became the instrument through which Blackthorn's vengeance would be exacted, while Maxwell contributed his cunning strategies to the malevolent plot.