After sliding down a slope without substantial injury (apart from the loss of some possessions, including Bertrand's crossbow) the companions managed to relocate Gaudrams, whom they laborously extracted from a sinkhole, abeit without boots. Fleeing from their unseen pursuers, the characters made their way through a marshy valley, finding an empty streambed covered in white gravel. They followed this furrow out of the marshland and into lush and fragrant open woodland. It was not until they reached a dried-up waterfall that Cornelius noticed the presence of three moons in the sky. He attributed this to odd atmospheric effects.
They found a winding path through open fir woods, and eventually came upon a clearing where a huge fire blazed, and lit a picnic of three remarkable personages, attended by white-clad pygmies. These personages were Serendipius, Maya and Bob.
They warmly welcomed the travelleres and wined and dined them. They furthermore told them that they were seeking the lost princess Roxanne, alternately portrayed by Serendipius as his cousin or his sister. All in all, Serendipius came across as a man with an incoherent story and highly variable accent.
Gradually, the characters began to suspect that their picnic hosts were not what they seemed.
The Presence Behind The Pyre.
Sleep.
First Waking
The characters awoke in the clearing.
There was a tiff, in which Bertrand was abused badly by Serendipius, but JA managed to slash S.'s tapering sleeve.
Through Forest Primeval .
Old Anna's Tavern
Hamartin
Flight
The Malachite Road
The Vale.
The Duel
The City.
The Sage.
Second Waking
The characters awoke in Rosmarin's house.
The Sage.
The Bargain.
The Market.
They awoke in Rosmarin's house, once more.
The Map
The Summons.
The Castle.
The Duchess/Countess/Shoguness.
The Hasty Departure.
The Chase
The Mire.
The Second Chase.
The Unicorn.
The Bridge.
The Spiders
The Fiery Escape.
The Slippery Gleaming Green Caves.
A Wyrm in the Dark.
Inonduated.