TheWitcherSaga-TheSwallow\'sTower

‘I can give you everything you desire,’ said the fairy. ‘Wealth, a crown and sceptre, fame, a long happy life. Choose.’ ‘I do not desire wealth or fame, a crown or sceptre,’ the witcher replied. ‘I desire a horse that is black as night and as fast as the wind. And I desire a sword that is sharp and as bright as a moonbeam. I want to ride at night on my black horse; I want to defeat the powers of Evil with my bright sword. That is all I desire.’ ‘I’ll give you a horse that will be blacker than the night and faster than the wind,’ promised the fairy. ‘I’ll give you a sword, which will be sharp and brighter than a moonbeam. But what little you ask for, witcher, you will have to pay dearly.’ ‘With what? In truth I have nothing.’ ‘With your blood.’ Flourens Delannoy, Fairytales and Stories. CHAPTER ONE It was well known that the Universe, as well as life, revolves in a circle. On the rim of this circle, in pairs exactly opposite each other are eight magic points, which give a full rotation, the annual cycle. These points, lying along the rim of the circle in pairs opposite each other, are: Imbaelk that is, Germination, Lammas that......