Jubee takes a moment to ponder, for Sturbious was known to ask trick questions. Once he had a definite answer, he turned to his mentor and said, “The kingdom. I see the kingdom of Terrence, Master Sturbious. What do you see, Master?” he asked. The great white wizard turned his attention back to the heavens before answering the question as if he was getting the answer from god himself. “I see death. I see the past and I see the future, which resembles the dark past,” he said and turned back toward his young pupil with an even more dreadful look then before. “We will be going to the wall. I will gather more able hands as we journey to Sesor Forest, and once we arrive at the wall of Terrence, we should have the men that will be necessary for battle,”Sturbious explained with another deep sigh and turned back to face the night sky.

“We have been granted but two others to accompany us,” he says as he continued to fixate on the stars that illuminated the sky.

The young boy slowly turned away from his teacher after hearing his words, and he wondered, how could this be. How could the king be so cruel? Then a small glimmer of hope entered his thoughts and the boy quickly turned back toward the wizard.”Who will be the other two, Master Sturbious?”

“At daybreak, we will Journey within our city of Yret and find a former pupil of mine by the name of Imia, and the following morning, we will travel to Spouk and find Nivike. As I recall, he settled there sometime back,” Sturbious sayed in soft voice.

“But, Master, will Nivike be willing to assist us in our quest, since it was King Eric himself that turned him away from knighthood?”Jubee asked.

Sturbious released his gaze on the stars to meet Jubee’s question with a small smirk. “Come child, enough questions for the night. We will find all the answers at sun rise,” the White Wizard said as he turned his student and guided him to the doorway.

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