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INTERVIEW·WHITE DWARF 439

The Mirrored City

February 2019·pp. 72–75

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Phil Moss and John Michelbach discuss the cold, sharp and oppressive imagery used to establish Shadespire. Symmetry, masks and shadeglass express the vanished Katophranes’ unsettling legacy, while Nightvault’s exposed faces and the Briar Queen’s aggression make the horror less restrained; even Stormcast gold is subdued by the city’s pervasive jade light.

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Return to Golgotha

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The Die Is Cast

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