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"Your friend?"

"Ah," the Dark Man said. "I fear you have fallen under the spell of the evil rumours about Gorgrael
that sweep this.land."

Timozel stared at him.

"Timozel, my friend, how can Gorgrael be evil and dark when he fights the same things that you do?"

"What do you mean?" How could that appalling creaturenot be evil and dark?

"Consider this, Timozel. Gorgrael and Borneheld fight -fought - for the same thing."

"What?"Perhaps he should slice this stranger's head off and be done with it, Timozel thought.

"Listen to me," the Dark Man said, his voice soothing, calming. "Gorgrael hates the Forbidden - the
Icarii and the Avar - as Borneheld did. Gorgrael wants to see them destroyed as much as Borneheld did.
Both shared the same purpose."

Timozel struggled with the stranger's words. Yes, it was true that Borneheld hated the Forbidden and
ached for their destruction. And Gorgrael wants the same thing?

"He surely does," the Dark Man whispered. "He surely does."

"But the Prophecy says ..." Timozel tried to remember exactlywhat it was that the Prophecy said.

"Bah!" The Dark Man grinned to himself under his hood. "The Prophecy is nothing but a tool of the
Forbidden to cloud men's minds and blind them to their true saviour - Gorgrael."

"Yes...yes." Timozel thought it through. "That makes sense."

"And Gorgrael aches to kill Axis as much as Borneheld did."

"Axis." Now Timozel's voice was edged with unreasoning hatred.

"Who has brought the Forbidden back to crawl over Achar's lands, Timozel ?"

"Axis!" Timozel hissed.

The Dark Man spoke very slowly, emphasising every word. "Gorgrael is committed to killing Axis
and ridding this fair land of the Forbidden. Is that not whatyou want?"

"Yes. Yes, thatis what I want!"

"Gorgrael will help rescue Faraday from the foul clutches of Axis and the Forbidden."
 "Faraday! He will help rescue Faraday?" Was there hope for Faraday yet?

"With your help, Timozel. With your help."