: El protagonista de 20 años. Es alto, de ojos verdes y está profundamente enamorado de Laia.
La historia transcurre en un futuro distópico. El mundo ha cambiado drásticamente tras "Las Guerras". Ahora, la ciudad principal está bajo un control estricto. Existe una organización gubernamental secreta y temida llamada . Los agentes de la Agencia son el primer nivel; son desechables y reemplazables. Sin embargo, existe un nivel superior y secreto: el Equipo de la Sombra (o The Shadows) . Estos agentes son élites, letales y anónimos. ombres a la foscor resumen por capitulos exclusive
The Brotherhood announces a "Great Extinguishing" to take place on the winter solstice at the original factory site—now rebuilt as a private coliseum. Pons and Nora infiltrate the ceremony dressed as initiates. Hundreds of attendees wear owl masks. At the altar, the Woman of Ashes (Clàudia) holds a ceremonial dagger. The sacrifice is to be Irina, recaptured. Pons steps out of the shadows, revealing his face. A tense standoff ensues. Jeroni Grau reveals the true conspiracy: Clàudia was never a victim; she is the high priestess. Her "death" and "infiltration" were designed to lure Pons into being the final sacrifice—because he is the only living witness to the Brotherhood’s first murder, committed thirty years ago. : El protagonista de 20 años
This chapter establishes Mascarell’s method: he is not a violent man, but his memory for faces and streets is photographic. El mundo ha cambiado drásticamente tras "Las Guerras"