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While Tarkyn filled in Stormaway on the events that he had missed, Danton and Waterstone were slipping quietly through the undergrowth, searching for two missing sorcerers. When Journeyman and his troop of sorcerers had reached the area covered by the next group of woodfolk, there had still been nine horses but two riders had seemed rather stiff and lifeless. Closer inspection had revealed that these riders were, in fact, stuffed dummies. Somewhere along the way, two sorcerers had detached themselves from the main party and disappeared into the forest.
Waterstone kept in constant contact with all lookouts, but it seemed that these sorcerers were skilled at moving unnoticed or had gone to ground. The lookouts could not possibly cover every part of the forest so there were many places w
