6/6/2023 0 Comments Derkholm seriesWhen Blade at last gets to conduct his party of offworld tourists around the continent, he is almost glad that Shona decides to come, too. And what does it feel like to be a Wizard Guide to a Pilgrim Party? Frantic. When Derk has an accident with a dragon, all his children, human and griffin, are forced to do the Dark Lord’s work for their father. Blade and Shona, Derk’s human children, share their home with five griffins. And what does it feel like when most of your brothers and sisters are griffins? Interesting. Wizard Derk, who has spent much of his life peacefully breeding griffin, winged horses, flying pigs, invisible cats, and intelligent geese, is horrified to find he has to rebuild his house as an evil fortress and knock down a nearby village. What does it feel like to suddenly be Dark Lord? Dreadful. The first two people they see are Wizard Derk and his son Blade. The first person you see, they are told, must be this year’s Dark Lord, and the second person must be the Wizard Guide. Querida takes a small group to consult the Oracles about getting rid of Mr. Querida, High Chancellor of Wizards’ University, has received more than one million letters from wizards, farmers, soldiers, elves, dragons, and kings, all begging her to put a stop to Mr. What does it feel like to have your world devastated by offworld tourists? Not good. Dark Lord of Derkholm, by Diana Wynne Jones, was published in 1998 by Greenwillow.
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