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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jbear" data-source="post: 6078313" data-attributes="member: 75065">The large unicorn throws its head and snorts as Wat turns to exit after his speech. "Do you see why I doubt now, Eluna?" The smaller unicorn named Eluna, drops her head as though deeply saddened but does not reply. Ragnar watches Wat's departure impassive. "There goes one who walks the Hard Road" he declares finally. "Joven's blade is double edged. And I too walk the Hard Road. I do not fear the presence of this young warrior. He cares." As to your needs ... An oak leaf to open the way to the Palace of Spires ... it is a hidden world of its own beyond a great maze of brambles ... If your intent is to stand against the hag, then yes, an oak leaf you may have. Robin, make it so. As for Uma, she is not the only one who can give you the Mistletoe. It is only the taking that prevents you from using any mistletoe leaf you find as a key. As long as the leaf is given, its power will not fade." He contemplates the group for some time and then he leans forward on the throne, eyes narrowed. "All right Krin, there is now hope where before there was none. You have convinced me. They have convinced me. I care little for the affairs of the world of the Lost but perhaps you can undo what I have set in motion ... with your presence, perhaps there is now another way to defeat Soryth's plans. I sent my cousin Basal to slay the one who is Porpherio. If Basal succeeds, the soul will be freed and the hag denied her power. I told Uma of this plan, and the witch named me a murderer. Let her drown in her perfume in her camp yonder until the Summer Queen calls her home..." A sly look crosses Ragnar's features. For the first time he smiles, and he says, "My scouts saw Porpherio in the arms of a nymph in the south western forest this morning. Basal has yet to catch him, obviously. Were I to move now, I have no doubt that Uma would counter me. But she might not notice you. If you can find the nymph and bring Porpherio to me, we shall decide how to mend this mess. Move swiftly. If Basal finds your man first, he is surely dead."</blockquote>

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