Hey, fire brothers. Oh, you too, Evangeline. I heard that we’re visiting a neighbouring realm?
Yes, we are. It has a very clever name: the Woods. And I hear it possesses woods.
LAND HO!!!
Mare Barrow, after an odd night of masquerading as a Silver-blooded princess of the country named Norta, woke to King Tiberias Calore bouncing around her room.
You four are a group. Remember, look for two castles , one white, one black, with a bridge connecting them, and a tower in the middle.
You got it!
After Mare got dressed, she got on a boat alongside the other High Houses. She met her betrothed, Maven, his brother, Cal, and Cal’s betrothed, Evangeline, on the bow of their ferry.
Umphh...
I see...the tip of a tower!
A few hours later, land was spotted. And just as Maven had commented, it was covered in thick forests.
I gotta say, the Woods is really pretty at night.
The ship docked on the Woods’s shore at night, and Tiberias came over and put the four in a group together. He told them to look for a strange location.
And so, Mare, Cal, Maven, and Evangeline trekked through the Woods, searching for what Tiberias described. Mare asked Cal to hoist her on his back so she could see farther.
All of a sudden, voices emerged from the darkness. The group quickly hid behind a tree...