Conversation between Two Mages

The Never Ending Quest - Episode 23375

Samuel had wanted all the mages, like every other organisation in Daria that might be capable of posing a threat to him, to be under his direct control. Thus he had wanted his court mage to be whoever was the head of the order, so that he (or she) could be kept under his thumb. The mages were a very secretive lot, however, which had helped them to fob off Samuel with a mage who, although competent, was several rungs below the top of the ladder. Samuel would probably have found this out eventually, and then there would have been big trouble, but he hadn't been in power for very long and so far the subterfuge had not been discovered. So it is a big relief for the order of mages to learn that he is dead.

"So, Ralph," says the wizardress whom the court mage has contacted, "what did you make of the mage whom you talked to? Should we arrange King Eric's release as he has asked?"

"Well, Eric is the rightful king. Of course, most people believe him to be dead, thanks to the lies that Samuel spread about. In fact, though I knew that he was probably still alive, even I didn't know where he was being held till this mage told me.

"A strange fellow this mage was. Judging by the relative size of the objects that I could see in the background, he was no bigger than a child, and his face was rather child-like too. From the way that he talked, there was no doubt that I was dealing with an an adult, though, and a powerful mage at that. He had a ruddy countenance and a mop of unruly hair, and the strangest thing of all was that he had ears just like those of a fox poking out through that hair.

"He said he was speaking on behalf of Prince Aaron and Princess Illura. Aaron and Eric were always close friends, of course, so I imagine that if Eric doesn't return to the throne Aaron may want to force the issue. Certainly the mage was pretty uncompromising in what he said."

  1. "Do you think that this mage - or his associates - could be responsible for the outbreaks of magical energy that we've detected recently?" the wizardress asks.

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