Randie and Old Megus

Randie spent the last few nights dreaming of black and white nightmares. He wasn't sure when the horrible dreams stop and when he finally became awake. It was always the same vision of ghostly apparitions visiting him, watching him, whispering their silent secrets to him.

It has been years since Randie last had these disturbing visions. He had just turned fourteen when he had ghostly apparitions visiting him in his sleep. At first Randie tried to keep it to himself, but he began to panic when the ghosts began to appear while he was awake.

One of Randie's friend at the Sandpoint nightwatch told him to visit old Megus living in the nearby Brinestump swamp. She was an old witch who performed dark rituals and knew how to deal with spirits. People with secret afflictions or illness would venture into the swamp to have her treat them in secret. It was better than letting Father Zantus examine them and have the entire town know what shameful conditions they had.

Randie remembered travelling into the marshy swampland, following an old trail into Old Megus's hut. The witch charged him most of his life-savings to perform an exorcism ritual.

"You know where to find me if ever the ghosts and the dreams come back," the witch mumbled as she concluded the ritual.