Oboroten Samil

People in the kingdom of Pharshena remembered the summer when the crystal fortress first mysteriously appeared. There was a thundering storm, and winds beat heavy against wooden shutters. Rain and hail pelted the fields, and lighting tore the skies with blinding flashes of light. The storm lasted several days, and when it quieted, and the warm sun once again came out to shine upon the many stretching green valleys, ringed by the Tehati Mountains, the people who lived there beheld the sparkling fortress high up, close to the eastern pass. Sunlight reflected peculiarly through it, as though it was made of glass or opa

The tracking dogs found several recent tracks by the crystal castle. At least four of them disturbed the ashes that the wind had blown across the battle-field during the night. The knights ignored those, leaving them to other hunting parties to follow. They singled out the tracks left by the group of demons that escaped from them. They followed these tracks on horseback all the way to the Durnaldeen cliffs by the long, winding river that cascaded in multiple waterfalls down into the great valley. Many towns, villages, and planting fields lay along each plateau area. 

The Midluff villages calmed quickly after the knight and his hunting party left, and life seemed to return back to normal. Several days after the horsed riders chased wildly through the woods, gouging damp earth with their hoofs,

Two weeks before his visit to Reolth was due, lord Tolen's wife collapsed in repeat of her former symptoms. The physician checked her and confirmed his fears that the miraculous effects of the remedy must have been only temporary and had worn off.

Lord Tolen attended the royal feast in poor humor, even though the knights there regaled him with honor. They all heard that he had hunted down several of the creatures, whom the people began to call changelings due to their nature.To