The Book of Malady ~ Chapter the First
A journey back through time, carried out around the time of the First Moot, 1099
From the archives of the Bards Guild, written by Bedo of Madoc McYokel, at the request of Robyn, so that the knowledge gained be not lost.
Participants in the journey :- Robyn, Oonagh, Jinx, Seris and Draego. The journey involved travel from a transport circle to another, then via a ritual circle where there was a blue demon. There was then a ten day journey through lands blighted by the Plague Demons.
We arrived at a Ritual Circle on a beach by a coast, Oonagh remembers a circle guarded by elves, in which a brightly coloured demon was bound with heavy chains with strange shaped links. Jinx saw a similar scene, and heard voices in his head saying "She can stop them, she must be killed". Robyn remembers the elves as chanting:
'Shall, ayah donneth, shall ayah tren'
'Shall, ayah donneth, shall ayah tren'
'Shall, ayah donneth, shall ayah tren'
'Shall, ayah donneth, shall ayah tren' *
while other elves brought Magical items in from the four points of the compass.
At different times each of the group were pulled back to the present time. Oonagh heard the words "You are not of this place, you are not of this time, you must return." Robyn heard three voices arguing about whether this trip should have happened.
On their return they were attacked by several Plague Demons. One asked "Why did you bring Robyn?". It seems that she was there because (according to Morwenna) one of her family needed to be there.
Bedo McYokel 2nd July 1099AF
* Almost certainly Shal-aya, rather than Shall ayah - Thomas.
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