The Reaper tracks them once again and kills the final two Elven hunters. The remaining group of five finds themselves at Pykon after escaping from the Brakes. The party then goes to Matted Brakes where another two of their group are killed by the creatures in the Brakes. They managed to escape, but two of their Elven guards are killed. Journeying to the Elven outpost at Drey Wood, the group finds the entire patrol at the outpost dead, killed by the Reaper. Amberle receives a seed from the Ellcrys and prepares to go to Safehold with Wil and six Elven Hunters and the Captain of the Home Guard, Crispin. The duo continues to flee from the Demons and manages to regroup with Allanon. There, Allanon decides to delay the Demons while Wil and Amberle are transported by the King of the Silver River to safety. Amberle agrees to return to Arborlon.Īllanon, Amberle and Wil are ambushed by Demon wolves, and flee to the Rainbow Lake. Allanon then goes to Havenstead with Wil Ohmsford who is a Healer, grandson of Shea Ohmsford, descendant of the House of Shannara and bearer of the Elfstones, to find Amberle. Allanon is ambushed by the Dagda Mor and a handful of other Demons. Allanon appears, going to Paranor to find the location of Safehold, and bring Amberle Elessedil, granddaughter of Eventine and the last of the Chosen back to Arborlon, city of the Elves. Eventine is at a loss, for only the Chosen can make the rebirth of the Ellcrys happen. The Dagda Mor then sends the Reaper to kill the Chosen. A Demon, Dagda Mor, escapes from the waning Forbidding, bringing with it the Reaper and the Changeling. However, there were none who knows of the location of the Bloodfire, which lies within Safehold. The Chosen then informs Prince Ander Elessedil and King Eventine Elessedil of the matter. The Ellcrys spoke to the Chosen (her caretakers), telling them of a rebirth, a process which enables a new Ellcrys to be reborn, a process that can only be done at the fountain of the Bloodfire. The magical Ellcrys tree is dying, thus weakening the spell that holds the Forbidding. The Elves emerged as leaders in the new world it was the Elf Galaphile who summoned the first Druid council at Paranor. Indeed, most believed that the Elves were just another offshoot of mankind, like the Dwarves, Gnomes and Trolls. In the aftermath of the destruction, as mankind split into four distinct races, the Elves took that opportunity to come out from hiding. Even when mankind nearly destroyed the world in the Great Wars, the Elves lived on, spending their last remaining magic to save the Ellcrys. Afraid of the rapidly multiplying humans, Elves went into hiding, remaining one with nature, ever guarding the Ellcrys. In time, they came to resemble more and more the human race that had recently evolved, both in strength and longevity. Most of the creatures of Faerie died out in this period of waning magic yet the Elves survived, though diminished in splendor. Unfortunately, this drained nearly all the strength of the Elves, leaving them with very little magic. They also created the Ellcrys, a beautiful silver tree with crimson leaves to maintain the Forbidding. After years of conflict between the light and the dark, the Elves summoned their greatest magic and created the Forbidding, a spell that imprisoned the Demons beyond the confines of the world. However, as a necessary balance to the light, darkness was also created in the beginning of time from this darkness the Demons were born. The Elves, extremely long-lived and possessing great magic, created the Elfstones. 3 Characters in "The Elfstones of Shannara"īefore the dawn of mankind was the age of Faerie, an era from which many powerful spirits (such as the King of the Silver River) came.
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