After witnessing strange movement during a hike, Noah, whose suspicions were not taken seriously, later that night, was found dead on top of his car. The symbol known to be from the Shadows was found engraved into the body. Long been treated as an ignored suspicion, the secret that ancient rivaling creeds took residency nearby was unveiled. Colorado mountains of Telluride had soon closed off to tourist visitation ever since the hiker's death.

Years after the closure of the town, on sentry duty, the Shadow Ezra stood to watch. Overtaken by a powerful force from behind, everything fading; when it happened.

Waking from recent surgery, ignorant to machinery surrounding him, Ezra's memory was lost except for his name, along with the dark comfort of Serenity, unaware of his experience in the woods. That attack that night had been no coincidence.