 Evanna explains that this figure will destroy the modern world and rule over the ruins of humanity for hundreds of years, and that only his identity is uncertain, being either the Lord of Vampaneze or Darren himself.Darren does not dwell on this until he and Harkat discover the latter's true identity in a strange primeval land, which they later conclude was the future.Harkat thinks this is only one of many paths the world could take, but a petrified Darren realises the destruction is certain, and he may well be its architect as the Lord of the Shadows.