byThe Oldhill men told Frostflower that such a fog as this always meant Dathru the Terrible had summoned folk to him from strange places, places no one could reach when the fogs lifted. The Upper Oldhills was not an area the sorceress had ever heard of, and she had studied the maps of the Tanglelands as well as she could, at home in Windslope Retreat.
The two Oldhill men were called Firstson and Thirdson, at least to Frostflower’s ears. In spite of their s*x, they appeared to be warriors, although more gentle in their manners than were most warriors of the Tanglelands. They explained that they were posted here to watch for those whom Dathru summoned to his “Great Chambers.” Sometimes these strangers seemed fierce, almost as evil as Dathru himself. Then the watchers stayed hidden in the fo
