The Bladesong Knights of Enimdere battle draconian warlords at the Elden Grove of trees, protecting them and the Silver Oak Inn from onslaught. During the fight, they learn that the draconians are vassals of the Nightmare farmer, a mindflayer named Xalathrien, and that the warlords’ true target was the knight Aleisha. After the knights destroy the warlords, they are led to the Caves of the Nightmare Farm, where Xalathrien, switching plans from trying to destroy Sir Aleisha to trying to control her, attempts to dispatch with her comrades. Xalathrien holds the lost sword of doom, RendleReign, and Aleisha is foretold to be able to resist the evil artifacts’ supposedly ultimate power to corrupt. After many travails, the sword is retrieved by the knights, and the midflayer escapes.
The Elden Grove on fire
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