[ The transformation in Gansey is subtle, but immediate. The more private, careful look in his eyes is replaced by a far more publicly consumable smile, and he lifts his voice so that it, too, becomes a public offering. He spreads his hands. ]

Well, given that we've something of a crowd now, why don't I start at the beginning? You can join in, Toby, if you'd like.

[ It's a story that starts, not with Gansey's death - though Toby now knows that true beginning - but with a hero named Owain Glendower, and his struggle for freedom against the English. It will be a tale of a fallen hero - like Achilles, like Arthur - but one whose legend survives past his assumed death, and who was followed by Magicians who'd promised to make that legend something more.

Life beyond life. A buried King, not dead, but sleeping, and waiting to be found. ]