Welcome to Legends of Evandris. I'm Nikki and you're listening to Once Upon a Witchlight.

The forest around you is nearly silent. Not even the ancient trees dare rustle their leaves as

Vavlornah walks toward you. Trapped within a cage of brambles, all you can do is watch as she lifts

all six glass vials towards the sun.

The long rays reach out towards the vials like fingers as the light filters through the glass and casts the ground in streaks of red.

Trapped within this thorny cage, the concept of time drifts away from you.

It feels like mere moments since Will of the Fay Wild tasked you with

rescuing the children. No, delivering the trapped children to his grove. And yet it feels like so much

time has passed since pincushion used her heartpin to turn you into the toys that allowed you to

access the dollhouse home of Granny Nightshade. Only hours

have passed since you made the deal with Granny Nightshade herself to kill Will of the

Fay Wild and rid thither of his presence. And though the remnants of that fight still linger

before your eyes, it feels like an entire year has passed.

Looking around you, the Oni disguises a child, has fallen at your feet.

As Bavlornah Blightstra begins to speak, time catches up to you.

Whether moments or years have passed, well in the Faywild, you you are here and this is now. Trapped within this

cage of thorns, you were able to make out her words as they echo throughout the quiet forest.

You did exactly what I needed you to do. You went to get the picture for me, did you not? She

twists the vial gleefully in her hands as she watches the play of red light as it

dances across the grove. And pricked your fingers on the thorns. The blood I need to thwart my sisters.

Oh, this will be grand. This will be grand. The roots that make up your cage begin to thicken as the vines begin to knot, the wooden

structure together, snuffing out the light, until you are wholly entombed within.

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