Fen: Tell us everything that happened.
Margo: Screw that. Tell us what’s up with the Dark King. Who is he, where does he come from, and how do we kill him?
Plover: Well, I heard the same story you did. The Dark King showed up shortly after the arrival of the Takers, that only he could vanquish them. So I was curious. Who was this magician? What was his story? So I sought him out, and I was shocked to discover I knew him.
Fen: Ah, you are good at telling stories.
Plover: Thank you. In order to talk about who he is and where he actually came from, we need to look further back to a time before Martin Chatwin became the Beast.
Margo: Really?
Fen: Shhh.