Reunion
"Many a year have I waited for this prophecy to come true. I was
told when I was a young chap that my cousin would one day come into
this glade and until he came, I was to let no man survive that entered
this magic Willow Glade. I have been guarding this place for a long
time and now you're finally here. I'm free at last. But beware, for
beyond this mist, there is a beautiful maiden who will ask you to help
her down from a tree and to dine on wine with her. Heed her not. For
she is the evil enchantress, Candide who thrives on human suffering.
If you touch her, you will at once become her slave. Beware, cousin,
I must leave now to fulfill my destiny. Farewell and good luck."
The knight turns, mutters something under his breath, and jumps into
the hole that magically appears, then all traces of his existence
disappear except for a single feather from his helmet. You pick it up
and walk bravely into the mist, reminding yourself about the advice
you have just received from your cousin Archie.
