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Brynn met Xandra in the cave, who said she had also been captured. The other people in the cave seemed ill: Xandra thought the Spectres were feeding off them somehow. She wanted to know if Brynn had found a solution, and suggested the writing in the book may have been a puzzle of some kind. With the help of Hanso, who had snuck into the cave by piggy-backing on one of the Spectres, the trio managed to escape. | Brynn met Xandra in the cave, who said she had also been captured. The other people in the cave seemed ill: Xandra thought the Spectres were feeding off them somehow. She wanted to know if Brynn had found a solution, and suggested the writing in the book may have been a puzzle of some kind. With the help of Hanso, who had snuck into the cave by piggy-backing on one of the Spectres, the trio managed to escape. | ||
On examining the book, Xandra | On examining the book, Xandra stated that it did not contain a counter-spell, but a map to some ruins. Hanso recognized them - they were one of the safe houses when he was a member of the [[Thieves' Guild]]. As it was their only lead, the trio traveled to the ruins, hoping to find something they could use. Within the ruins, they ran into more ghouls and split up. Xandra and Hanso found another artefact that looked like it was connected to the one used against the Faeries. | ||
[[Image:arte2.png|right|thumb|upright=2|The group finds the second artefact]] | [[Image:arte2.png|right|thumb|upright=2|The group finds the second artefact]] | ||
Hanso was wary of traps and [[Wikipedia:Raiders of the Lost Ark|asked Xandra if she had a bag of sand]], but she rolled her eyes and just grabbed the artefact, which didn't seem to be booby trapped after all. They met up with Brynn again and decided to head back to the Haunted Woods, hoping the second artefact could undo the spell the first one cast. | Hanso was wary of traps and [[Wikipedia:Raiders of the Lost Ark|asked Xandra if she had a bag of sand]], but she rolled her eyes and just grabbed the artefact, which didn't seem to be booby trapped after all. They met up with Brynn again and decided to head back to the Haunted Woods, hoping the second artefact could undo the spell the first one cast. | ||
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{{cq|It's worse than just Faerieland sinking. King Altador, I think all of Neopia is in terrible danger...}} | {{cq|It's worse than just Faerieland sinking. King Altador, I think all of Neopia is in terrible danger...}} | ||
Brynn explained that it seemed all of Neopia seemed drained, and everything was decaying or dying. Jazan wondered if the Faeries were more involved in the well-being of the planet than they had realised. | Brynn explained that it seemed all of Neopia seemed drained, and everything was decaying or dying. Jazan wondered if the Faeries were more involved in the well-being of the planet than they had realised. With time running out, they needed to reverse the spell as soon as they could, and Xandra resolved to try. They moved out in to the open, and Brynn and Hanso held the artefact up for Xandra while the heroes defended them against the renewed forces of the wraiths. | ||
[[Image:spell2.png|center|thumb|upright=2|The spell has been cast. However...]] | [[Image:spell2.png|center|thumb|upright=2|The spell has been cast. However...]] | ||
As the ritual was completed, the artefact exploded. Hanso picked himself up, and saw Brynn lying on the ground, while outside of Xandra's magical barrier, the heroes had been turned to stone. The Phantoms closed in on Xandra, who scoured them away with green flames. Hanso | As the ritual was completed, the artefact exploded. Hanso picked himself up, and saw Brynn lying on the ground, while outside of Xandra's magical barrier, the heroes had been turned to stone. The Phantoms closed in on Xandra, who scoured them away with green flames. Hanso stared in shock as the Xweetok stood with an evil glint in her eye as Faerieland crashed behind them in a shower of fireballs. It was at this point that Hasno and Brynn had learned the horrible truth: Xandra ''wanted'' Faerieland to fall... | ||
[[Image:Tfr_crash.jpg|center|frame|Xandra had no intention of ever saving Faerieland.]] | [[Image:Tfr_crash.jpg|center|frame|Xandra had no intention of ever saving Faerieland.]] | ||