foreman. Nor will they accept help from Shamir's magic.

The staircase is scheduled for completion within the next year. The Four Winds will continue their coverage of the construction, and we are working on securing an insider's tour of the Winged Ones city upon it completion.

Cliffs of Logic come down

The Cliffs of Logic Come Down

Isle of the Beast Clears the Path

While under the enchantment that stole his human face from him, Prince Cocteau III of the Isle of the Beast was never bothered by the traps that kept visitors from his island—among them, a boiling hot pond, a deadly stone archer, and nigh-impassable foliage—as they both kept people out and maintained his isolation. Now that he is human again, literally a changed man man and happily married, the Prince was among the first to open up his island to visitors.

The magical foliage that would bar entrance to the hedge maze that lay before his castle home has been disenchanted, and the boiling pond that covers the main path has s sturdy bridge across it now. As well, the stone archer with his deadly aim is being taken down from his traditional perch on the stone wall one passes through while walking towards the castle.

"My ancestors commissioned the archer and hunter statues on that wall generations ago, but since the archer has become a

deadly menace, it's simply not safe to have him up there any longer," Cocteau said.

"The Isle of the Beast is a now a place of Beauty—figuratively and literally," the Prince continued, in a reference to his lovely bride. "And it should be open to visitors so that they, too, can see and enjoy it. I've been lonely and alone here too long."

The archer on the Isle of the Beast comes down

The archer on the Isle of the Beast comes down

The Prince is, however, keeping the hedge maze in place. His wife Beauty enjoys caring for the plants that make up the maze, and there are a number of enjoyable areas to be found within the maze that offer peace and solitude when one seeks it, Prince Cocteau tells us.


The Isle of Mists Is On the Map

The most mysterious of the islands in the Green Isle kingdom has long been the Isles of Mists. Only a few have been aware of its existence at all, and even fewer have ever visited. For these reasons, most maps of the kingdom have never had the island

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