![]() And he bade the Loresman to cast what enchantment as he could over the child to protect him from death’s reaping. Then did the hearts of the fair folk rise in wonder for long indeed had there been hope of one to call back the Unseelie, their sundered brethren, and thus songs of joy echoed through the woods so that any mortal who heard them was blessed.īut the King’s heart still shuddered in his breast, and he clung ever tighter to the babe, for he feared its loss as well. Then did the King quake for while the faerie wilted not under time, they were still not safe from sickness or sword.Īt the child’s birth, the Loresman of the sídhe, wise in both knowledge and power, spoke a prophecy. ![]() Most happy of all days should this have been, but a plague had swept through the folk at this blessed of times and touched the Queen so that her spirit faded within, and she passed from the living realm. ![]() ![]() In the month that the whitethorn tree bloomed, the Queen of the Seelie Court gave birth to a son most fair. ![]()
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