I'm wanting this to be a longer sequence but I'll cross that when I get to it. Oh, Listen to this Ideal boss theme:- [link]
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In the assembly hall in Heatherbrook Boarding School, Leonard must face off against the festant-infected Edgar Strickland [link] while Sadie [link] and Aiken [link] peform last rites on the bodies in the semi-collapsed air-raid shelters.

Realising that he going to undo all his inhibitions about the 'dirty blood' Shadow abilities and dive in, Leonard's hands fall away into claws and his eyes go back. [link] In an almost ethereal voice, he calls out Edgar's darkened spirit. In the centre of the hall, a twisting column of darkness seeps out as Edgar emerges.

Before Edgar has a chance to look around to see Leonard, he's already moving into a darkened corner where he disappears and gains an advantage....

Aiken and Sadie find themselves suddenly transported to a section of the hospital that was there before it was changed into the school. Using their combined powers -Sadie evolving her exploding palm into a projectile-, they battle through a ward full of diseased and maimed Life Fades, a couple of Blood Lingers and a shattered part of the festant (mini-boss).

Back in the Assembly hall, Edgar begins to mock Leonard and starts smacking the scenery to uncover him. From the corner, Leonard flings black darts into Edgar's arm. Another volley appears from the opposite corner of the hall... but they have no effect on the wraith! Leonard slowly begins to understand what he needs to do...

Meanwhile, Aiken and Sadie battle the Shattered festant. At the last moment, Sadie dives for Aiken's hands holding the gun and as he fires his echo bullet power, she sets the bullet on fire for MAX damage. The Shattered festant explodes allowing access to the shafts of the Air-raid shelters below. They begin the last rites, having found the bodies.

Edgar begins to shriek as parts of his burnng flesh go out! In his rage, he bears down on Leonard who tricks him into knocking a scaffold down. As the scaffold falls, Edgar cannot hope to notice the black blur dashing towards him for some close wetwork. Edgar shrieks as Umbral Claws cleave into him and replies with a fire ball to Leonard's chest. The Cursebreaker is sent flying...

One by one, the souls trapped in the Festant are being released. Aiken and Sadie watch as lots of small orbs of light disappear into the ceiling...

As Edgar looms over Leonard, Leonard shows that he was playing possum and in a last ditch attempt, unleashes another side to his power: A Radiant Burst! The Blast shreds Edgar to pieces but removes the Umbral darkness from Leonard too quickly. As Leonard staggers unable to breathe properly, he sees The Festant tear itself apart and Edgar's spirit left leaking energy, the soul screams before it dies a terrible *true death*. (All photos of Edgar Strickland crumble, blur or distort). Leonard collapses and he's not breathing...

Members of the 'Haunted Extreme' TV crew rush into the Assembly Hall to find out out what happened and they find Leonard's body burned during the fight. They revive him and he chokes up black fluid. On the way out, Sadie notices that some old good-quality photos of Edgar are now blurred to hell and useless for identifying him!

In the ambulance outside, Aiken and Sadie approach Leonard who is recovering and ask him what the hell was happening to them in there. Leonard shakes his head and smiling, he says:

"I don't know, but I do have a story for you that might explain a bit..."