• Merlyn now old and wrinkled sat upon a small dais. He let out a sigh as he thought of the old days on Avalon and of when he was the tutor of the child Arthur Pendragon and of his old friend Hallia.
    "Merlyn...Merlyn its time to leave" said Oreck.
    "Im not ready to leave Oreck i've spent thousands of years of my life here on Brittania, I simply won't leave"
    Melyn slumped even lower on his dais grasping his staff in his right hand he drew a small circle in the dust on the floor.
    "Give me a single day Oreck".
    "Fine Merlyn a single day no more".
    Merlyn hefted himself from his seat on the dais. He lifted his staff into the air then brought ikt down upon the ground. There was a flash of light and Merlyn appeared before a large lake. He stooped down and cupped some water into his hands and whispered a command then with swift movement he cast the water back at the lake. When it splashed against the surface it exploded into a large fountain.
    "Let this be a place where youth shall never expire and where life is forever".
    Then for the last time in his life he turned away from the lake, he brought down his staff on the earth again but this time he did not appear in Brittania but in the great land of Avalon,before the Great Tree of Avalon. Merlyn knelt to the ground and concentrated all his will on the bark of the great tree.
    Symbols and scriptures began to appear on the bark.
    "Let these scriptures and symbols make the men and women of Avalon never forget me".
    Merlyn felt a tear run down his cheek and with a swollen heart he tapped his staff against the ground. The final stop of his life was a stone circle. He had often come here to consult with the grass and stones. Merlyn the wizard who was many years old now had tears rushing down his face into his silky beard. With his remaining will he poured all but a small potion of his magic into the Earth.
    "Let this be a place of wisdom and learning"
    With his last remaining will he jumped to the place where he was to meet Oreck.
    "Ahh you kept your word Merlyn are you ready?"
    "A wizard always keeps his word Oreck and yes i am ready leave to Valhalla".
    Merlyn turned to the land for the last time then dissapeared to Valhhalla.