Section 7: Chapter 8 Summary

In Chapter 8: The Eastern Roost, Rook, Magda and Stob reach the Eastern Roost which contains the Central Market, but when they try to claim their cart and are given the wrong cart, a shryke-mate appears to insist the incorrect cart will be find, telling them to follow him as he flashes his bloodoak-tooth pendant. Hekkle, the shryke-mate and their guide, tells them they must leave the Eastern Roost as soon as possible since the shrykes constantly search for spies in the market. Since only shrykes can enter the Deepwoods from the Eastern Roost, he dresses the young librarian knights elect as shrykes and leads them to the Deepwoods Gate, informing the real shrykes that these three are going to the Deepwoods to acquire materials for their nest. Hekkle acquires prowlgrins for each of them to ride and leads them into the...