One of them was the baron's wife ... and the other was the baron's brother.
[ Who gives a damn about your narrative sensibilities, Strange, he'll introduce characters as he wants. ]
They came separately, of course, and each of them had their own version of the story. The wife claimed that black magic had been cast upon her husband so that the man I had met in the hall wasn't a man at all, but using an illusion to appear as one. According to her, the griffin roaming the countryside was her husband, and she wanted me to disenchant it, not kill it.
The brother, though, had a slightly different request. He said the baron's wife had caught him with an enchantment and was driving him mad. That she was a sorceress who had designs of ruling their fief in his stead. Since the griffin was known to be a creature of great insight, he had heard its heart could be used to make to reveal the truth of things -- so he wanted me to hunt it down.
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One of them was the baron's wife ... and the other was the baron's brother.
[ Who gives a damn about your narrative sensibilities, Strange, he'll introduce characters as he wants. ]
They came separately, of course, and each of them had their own version of the story. The wife claimed that black magic had been cast upon her husband so that the man I had met in the hall wasn't a man at all, but using an illusion to appear as one. According to her, the griffin roaming the countryside was her husband, and she wanted me to disenchant it, not kill it.
The brother, though, had a slightly different request. He said the baron's wife had caught him with an enchantment and was driving him mad. That she was a sorceress who had designs of ruling their fief in his stead. Since the griffin was known to be a creature of great insight, he had heard its heart could be used to make to reveal the truth of things -- so he wanted me to hunt it down.