“Now there’s a story.” Ilza muttered, shaking her head in slight disbelief at how quickly her routine life had been turned upside down, “Believe it or not, we only actually met a few days ago. He came knocking at my door asking about the Shadow Realm, of all things. Then we… skull spiders attacked my village…” She trailed off, suddenly looking pensive, “I hope everyone’s doing okay…”