Good evening.  They named me Pendragoness for the old king, but you can call me Pen.  I much prefer it.  I am pleased you have come to visit me.  So you wish to know more about me, eh? I can tell you what I remember.

    I was born to farmers in Scotland, 1015 AD near the ruins of Castle Wyvern.  As a child I played among the stone gargoyles that lined the parapets in the abandoned castle.  At the age of 10, my twin sister had vanished into thin air from me.  And shortly after, my parents died of grief.  Being alone, I knew not what to do until I felt a beckoning.  Someone was calling to me, and so I went in search of him or her.  I wandered for 2 years, following this whispering in my ear.  I lived wild in the forest, making my kills, talking to the creatures and running from other humans.  My clothes were in tatters, my hair matted and unkept.  Until I saw a bear attacking a human woman. I was overcome with the need to save her.  I ran to her side and growled to the bear that she was mine.  The woman took me in.  She cut my wild hair, dressed me in her robes, and eased my mind back to civilization.  She was a sorceress and taught me magic.  Her name was Merlyn.  But in the time I knew her, she was not mad to me.

    Thus went for 3 more years until we were separated.  Just like my twin sister, she was abruptly
gone!  And I was alone to wander again.  Until I met the Fey one year later.  I unknowingly
wandered into their tricks, and they were so amused with this new victim.  Until one of the tricksters said I was a kindred spirit and invited me into their games.  She was Byrdie Fae.  I partied and played with her and her trickster brothers every night!  No one else can understand the ethereal sensation of being one of the Fey.  4 years had passed in the mortal world, though I had not aged physically.  Byrdie and her brothers gave me a gift one night, the gift of wings!  This gift comes but one night a month.

    A passing stranger ended my fun with my friends one night.  We were sure he was just a human to play mischief with.  Until he froze us all to the spot with a gesture and addressed himself as Lord Father of the Fey.  Lord Oberon!  He demanded to know why a human was in their midst, and cast me from my friends.  I wandered for centuries after, the voice still calling to me.  I remember not how I cannot age at all, being 20 when it happened to me, but with the appearance of a 13 year old child.  Perhaps it was my touch with my Fey friends.  Perhaps it was a curse by
Oberon.  My memories are clouded.

    But I know that it is the 21st century and I feel a pull to PA, America, stronger than most I have ever felt!  And most recently I have been reunited with my mentor and friend the mad mage Merlyn.  Together we will discover what pulls at us to come to PA.  To a city called ... Castellum DeGens?

  Pendragoness is the debut of this remarkable writer.

  The Rescue is co-authored by Skydancer, Lisette , Byrdie, Shadow, Firedancer, and Merlyn.

  Bargaining With the Devil is co-authored by Skydancer, Lisette, Byrdie, Shadow, Firedancer, and Merlyn.

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