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The war between Sorcerers was fought in the shadows of history, and the fate of mankind rested with the just and powerful Merlin. He told his secrets to three trusted apprentices, Balthazar, Veronica, and Horvath. He should have trusted only two...
The apprentices witnessed the savagery of a sorcerer beyond evil; Morgana le Fay, Merlin's most deadly enemy. For centuries, the three apprentices and Merlin were all that stood between Morgana and man's destruction. They were on the run, outnumbered, with no one to depend upon but each other. Over time, Balthazar fell in love with Veronica.
So did Horvath.
Balthazar found his love returned, but he also found something even more unexpected. Morgana planted a seed of doubt in his mind, a piece of truth that began to turn him away from Merlin. When his distrust went too far, Veronica refused to follow him down his chosen path. The wedge between the apprentices grew, and through Balthazar Morgana gained the opportunity to create even more destruction while she gained sorcery's most dangerous spell, known as the Rising, giving Morgana the power to raise an army of the dead and enslave mankind. Veronica sacrificed herself for Horvath by drawing Morgana's soul into her own body, but Morgana began to kill her from the inside. To save Veronica's life and to capture Morgana, Horvath trapped them both in the Grimhold, an inescapable prison.
As Merlin lay dying, he gave Horvath his dragon ring, saying it would guide him to the child who would one day grow to be Merlin's successor, the Prime Merlinian.
Horvath would search for centuries, all the while protecting the Grimhold and fighting Morganians who sought to free their leader, for mankind will never be safe until Morgana is destroyed by the prime Merlinian.
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The apprentices witnessed the savagery of a sorcerer beyond evil; Morgana le Fay, Merlin's most deadly enemy. For centuries, the three apprentices and Merlin were all that stood between Morgana and man's destruction. They were on the run, outnumbered, with no one to depend upon but each other. Over time, Balthazar fell in love with Veronica.
So did Horvath.
Balthazar found his love returned, but he also found something even more unexpected. Morgana planted a seed of doubt in his mind, a piece of truth that began to turn him away from Merlin. When his distrust went too far, Veronica refused to follow him down his chosen path. The wedge between the apprentices grew, and through Balthazar Morgana gained the opportunity to create even more destruction while she gained sorcery's most dangerous spell, known as the Rising, giving Morgana the power to raise an army of the dead and enslave mankind. Veronica sacrificed herself for Horvath by drawing Morgana's soul into her own body, but Morgana began to kill her from the inside. To save Veronica's life and to capture Morgana, Horvath trapped them both in the Grimhold, an inescapable prison.
As Merlin lay dying, he gave Horvath his dragon ring, saying it would guide him to the child who would one day grow to be Merlin's successor, the Prime Merlinian.
Horvath would search for centuries, all the while protecting the Grimhold and fighting Morganians who sought to free their leader, for mankind will never be safe until Morgana is destroyed by the prime Merlinian.
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