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The world of
Doamanse has many lands,
many peoples. Ray, a young village boy, knows nothing of these
lands or peoples. He only knows what he must do, what those who
have gone before him have done. |
He
must prove to himself and to his people that he is no longer a
child, that he is a man. He must do this by undertaking the
right of passage of his people. |
According
to the village elder, Ray must set out at once on the journey of
manhood. He warns Ray that his dark dreams may take him farther
than anyone expects. |
For
you see, Ray dreams of far away peoples and places–places
neither he nor his people have ever seen before. And he dreams
of the wizard–the high wizard of Adalayia. |
What
this means for Ray, none can say. But one fact is known. Ray
must first journey to the place lost and deep. The place where
the bulls and slithers gather. |
"Beware
lashing tail and gnashing teeth," the village elder warns Ray
when he sets out, "and if Old Bull doesn't get you, the slithers
surely will." |
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