>>5263227Boldly you command Cadarn to seize the hilt of the Ornate Dragon Greatsword, and strike down the hideous banshee visage of the Leering Maenad. Cadarn begins to clasp his fist around the girth of the Greatsword's grip, but he suddenly halts in astonishment:
- Countess Annastacey... My Lady... what has befallen you? How have you been brought to this terrible place? We must take you away from this wretched dungeon...!
You realise that the brutish ruffian Cadarn does not possess your powers of discernment and observation. By glancing upon the visage of the Maenad he has fallen under her illusory beguilement - she appears as the seductive Coquettish Damsel to his eyes:
>>5263011The fierce grip of Cadarn around his Rood - I mean the Ornate Dragon Greatsword - slackens as the illusion withers his strength and will...
