A woodland village of a few dozen sagging, thatched huts surrounds a stone well. 80 woodcutters and trappers live here with their families. Mathilde Bower is the superstitious village elder who believes the "medicine woman" Drusilla (106) has been helping sick villagers. In reality, Drusilla has been causing the rash of illnesses by poisoning the well. Gede's Hearth. The town's inn and tavern run by Elana, a cheerful-but-tired woman with young, triplet boys (Zeke, Herbert, and Lantin). Her husband, Carlin, is bedridden with Drusilla's "rot fever."

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