He would easily be able to intertwine with anything in this world unlike the other banshees. I told the High Wizard that I will do whatever it takes to learn the spell, and devote my life to guaranteeing he is locked up behind the barrier spells, which cannot be passed through by anyone unless they are removed by one with great enough power. I put the barrier spell around his cell, so that he could have no chance of escaping. He is locked up there to this day. It took me a while to learn the eternal presence spell, but now I have and I am not aging just like him. And I will continue to make sure he is trapped. Now what were you saying about him?"

"Very moving story it is, a good friend of yours betrays you and your school. I knew about it though 200 years before it happened. It was all written in the book.

"Well, in this other world, it is much the same as things have happened to you, except for the capturing him part. You never captured him but simply ran because he was far more powerful than you. You both do have the spell also. In that world, Cyrus has over thrown the crown of Westland and has taken over the entire continent. He has enslaved the people of Zimmer, and is planning on coming to this world to take over. The only army that is left fighting is the army of Northland known as the Northern Alliance. This army consists of the three major lands of the North: Cincello, Fliskor, and Cherry Land.

"When the Winds of Change come is when the portal between worlds can be breached. It can only be breached by use of a special tool: the emblem of the winds. There are two parts to this emblem, with possession of one part you can only travel between the worlds during the Season of the Winds, but when you have both pieces combined you may travel as you please.

"Ned has one of the pieces. The other is held by Cyrus, himself, not by the Cyrus in this world, but by the Cyrus in the other. Ned has been chosen to free the people, because he has one of the pieces. He will be sent to this other world and will have to fight to save the people, or else both this world and that will be conquered. Let me ask you, Gordd, what do you know of the SHEER?"

Gordd was puzzled by all that was just said. His special collection of books had all told the truth about the other world and most of the things explained. He began telling the history he knew of the SHEER. "Well, I heard that it is a very powerful weapon, used by only true warriors who have the power to master it. It was used sometime in the past when the Jackals attacked." The jackals were ferocious half-beings. No one knew the origin but they were what seemed as wolves mixed with humans, having the chest, hands, back, and feet of humans; but having legs, arms, and head of a wolf. "The Jackals only attacked animals before until one day when they started devouring humans. The kingdoms sent their armies, but were no match for the Jackals. One day the High Wizard created a weapon, consisting of a long shaft and a blade at each end one tip wielding magic from it and from the other tip was weld the sharpest of blades. A man was assigned the weapon, for he was the most powerful warrior, and led a group of wiza rds out to battle. The Jackals were thought to have been wiped out, and were never seen again. The SHEER was the weapon the High Wizard created. It was recorded that shortly after, the High Wizard, knowing the outrageous power he had put in the weapon, destroyed the SHEER."