Faeries & Legends [Night Four - Banquet]

Faeries & Legends

Beyond Haven

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The fool was bewildered by how confounded everyone seemed to be by this first riddle. Perhaps a second riddle would be too much. He thought this was a healthy warm up, not a cold challenge.

But perhaps it wasn't so easy to be wise as a fool.

Finally, a woman opened her mouth for the first time.

"Knowledge."

A queer smirk crept upon the jester's visage.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we have our answer! And, true to form, my promise shall be kept. You, my dear lady, will be granted one wish, but only one. Be warned: magic comes with a price, so be careful what you wish for."

The woman hesitated for a moment, before voicing her desires.

"I wish for Grendel to be compelled to reveal himself before sun's set."

The wish giver's face scrunched up into a look of puzzled anger. That was it? This woman could have anything! Fortune, power, glory, anything the heart desired! She could have wished for all of Arxium's enemies to be destroyed! Something as simple as a compulsion for one to speak their identity was so . . . boring.

"All the world at your hands, and you seek only to hunt new prey. I suppose one cannot teach an old dog new tricks, as they say."

There was a silence as the fool turned and looked at the crowd.

"So be it!" He snapped his fingers. "If Grendel is present, he shall speak his name before the night is upon us! And with that, my work here is done."

The fool was gone as suddenly as he had appeared.