Help write a story, 5 words at a time

[crystalwizard]

Here are the rules:
1. post only one line consisting of 5 words
2. Make the line you post fit in some how with the line above it.
3. do not copy all the previous lines, just post your one line.

I'll start:


Six black figures stood silently

[Big T]

ebony edifices that nobody dared

[johno]

gaze upon through foggy shadow

[McWawa]

nor cast a sideways glance

[Big T]

in their direction. Their presence

[SheWritesRight]

was disturbing and they didn't

[SuzieHarris]

want to draw attention to

[Big T]

the ritual that was about

[crystalwizard]

to take place. However, one

[Big T]

mile to the East rode

[johno]

Eastwick's Hunter. The only hope

[Fiona]

I put it in a sentence to make it easier (for me) and highlighted my entry:

Six black figures stood silently ebony edifices that nobody dared gaze upon through foggy shadow nor cast a sideways glance in their direction. Their presence was disturbing and they didn't want to draw attention to the ritual that was about to take place. However, one Eastwick's Hunter. The only hope was to turn back from

[DwWin]

the road he was on

[Big T]

and engage the six invaders.

[trickyvicar]

Obnoxious vapour oozed forth from