2. Swynfort...

After a long journey Tumdor felt glad to see the strong stone walls of Swynfort.  The town was bustling with activity as farmers trade their wares on the market.  The hare stew tasted delicious after the long journey but Tumdor couldn't help but notice the worried expression on the faces of the townspeople in the market square. As darkness fell, Tumdor looked for somewhere to stay the night. A pleasant inn with a red tile roof looked like a good place to rest. 

’You can stay here for 2 gold coins’ said the innkeeper, ’be warned though, there are dangers outside at night’.  Tumdor decided to investigate and in the night he got up, grabbed his wand and spell book and headed outside. 

The moonlit streets cast long shadows as his feet fall on the cobbles.  He heard a deep roar in the distance and felt thudding vibrate the cobbled streets.  Tumdor plucked up his courage and ventured outside of the enormous stone town walls.  Outside the walls the fields and farmlands were a scene of destruction.  Crops had been uprooted and barn buildings toppled.  The roar boomed out again.  A grotesque troll was beating against the walls of the town.  Tumdor hurriedly looked through his spell book and found a spell that would send the troll to sleep.  He delved into his bag for the

ingredients: A giant’s bogey, a unicorn tail and an ogre’s shin bone.  Tumdor began to speak the words in the old tongue and wave his wand.  The troll’s roaring grew quieter and the beating on the town walls subsided, he let out an enormous yawn before he fell to the ground and began to snore.  Tumdor, not knowing how long the magic would last,  tiptoed over to the sleeping troll. 

In his pockets he found three gold coins, the head of a spear and a shard of green crystal (the first of six shards).  He excitedly put the items into his bag and tied up the troll with some old rope before heading back into Swynfort to the inn.  Tumdor awoke to much jubilation in the town. 

‘Did you hear? The troll has been caught!’ said the innkeeper excitedly, ‘the whole town in celebrating’.  He thought for a second about joining in with the celebrations but the shard of crystal in his pocket served as a reminder of his quest.  He must set off to his next destination if he is to collect the shattered crystal pieces and return them to the Castle of Middaland. He grabbed his bag and his wand and left the strong walls of Swynfort behind.

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