Archer's Paradox!!!

"Archer's Paradox!" Nemmer thought to himself as he started running to the Baron's Mansion.  Archers think like that especially when it involves the phenomenon that occurs in archery when the arrow does not follow the intended path as it leaves the bow.  

What had just happened with Aralt was something that wasn't following true as he tried to put together the pieces of what he had just seen.  ​

​Aralt walking through a portal and disappearing was not that unusual in the Realm of Wymsy.  Granny Flare did it all of the time... and blue Wysps were as annoying and as numerous as mosquitos in a swamp... but something that he saw was still nagging at him.  "What is it that keeps bugging me," the hunter thought.  Then it struck him and he almost stopped running!  It was the way Aralt had entered the portal!

"The portal was already there and he did not cast the spell to open it," realized Nemmer.  "It's as if he knew what was on the other side."  Nemmer now knew he had to get to the Baron's Mansion as fast as he could.  "The Dowager was right," he thought.  "Aralt may be a bigger danger than even the Dragons returning."

​It did not seem soon enough for Nemmer, but shortly he was standing at the doors of the Mansion knocking and waiting for someone to let him in. After only a few seconds, Nemmer got impatient and started banging on them.  "Come on... Open up already!" he growled. 

Not long after he started kicking the door, Sneefle appeared.  As the man servant started to ask Nemmer to come in, the hunter squeezed by him before the door was even completely open and started down the hall.  "Which room is the Dowager and Baron in?" he yelled over his shoulder not waiting for an answer as he decided to check the sitting room first.   

His choice was rewarded as both the Baron and Griselda were there drinking tea as he entered unannounced.  "Sorry to interrupt, but I need to talk to both of you," he said as they saw him.  It was then that Nemmer saw that one other was in the room also.  It was Dree who was sitting on the floor with a pillow that he was adjusting to get more comfortable as he leaned against a wall.  "Should I leave?" asked the Dragon to his hosts.

"I think you should hear this Dree," answered Griselda as she stared at Nemmer, "as I have a feeling that what Nemmer has to say will probably involve you also."  Nemmer nodded his head affirmatively and then began telling the three what he had seen and his concerns.

When he had finished, both the Baron and Griselda gave each other a concerned look before saying anything.  "I agree with your assessment and what you have told us makes it even more clear to me," replied Griselda.  "The Herald has an agenda that I don't think is in our or Dree's best interest.  My guess is that the portal goes to where ever the Dragons currently are and he will shortly be bringing them through.  We must be ready." 

​With that, the Dowager took charge of the campaign soon to come.  Quickly she sent Sneefle, Fiddlefaddle, and Nemmer off to start alerting the others.  Everyone needed to meet at this mysterious new portal for they needed to all be there when the Dragons came through if it wasn't already too late.

Griselda then went to the window and called in her flutterby's to begin delivering a special message.

​"We need you now!  Meet us at this new portal as soon as you can.  Follow the flutterby and it will lead you there."