Drefan Faran

His worst fear has been realised, his quest for renewal threatened. A rider in the night delivered a letter to Drevorin at the Inn of the Prancing Pony. What he had hoped was a letter from Izre turned out to be something quite different entirely. An old adversary, one of his greatest foes from the dark days.

Ambushed at midnight within the alley of the Scholar’s Stair, Drevorin is outnumbered by a band of brigands led by a man named Ardyn. Unwilling to draw his blade against his assailants, he engages the men in hand-to-hand combat seeking not to draw blood, but to gain answers.

As Drevorin passed through the West Gate and made his way along the cobblestone streets, he was met with a cacophony of familiar senses which poured from his memory. As he walked by the Scholar’s Stair, he marked the place where he first encountered the bandit known as Sparrow. Atop those steps would be a landing, where he would converse with Ilaru under the stars.

Broken and defeated having suffered months of cruel torment from the minions of the White Hand. Drevorin and Milawyn prepare themselves to make their final stand for freedom, either by escaping the darkness of the pits of Isengard or from life itself...