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Chapter 7: The Gaiscioch na Anu
statement confused Ethan. Ethan slowly pulled up a stool to the table and sat down. The Lurikeen seemed to grow uncomfortable to his presence. Ethan asked the boy "What troubles ye lad?" The Lurikeen moved his hand revealing a name in his staff… The name of Ugmug.
Ethan then knew this was one of the children of Failte. Ethan asked the boy if he knew anything about Ugmug that might help him find his lair. The boy nodded and began telling Ethan about the night his parents were killed. Several hours passed and the boy and Ethan compared stories. It was time at last for Ethan to rest and he asked the boy one more time what his name was. The boy said "you can call me Fugmug De Failte… for Fogair Ugmug." Ethan nodded at the boy repeating the phrase Fogair Ugmug, which in the modern tongue means Destroy Ugmug.
The next dawn came and Ethan once again packed his things and set off on foot to Emain Macha. The road was long and oftentimes wet.
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Chapter 7: The Gaiscioch na Anu
Ethan kept on schedule arriving in Emain just before the leaves began to fall. Ethan's first stop was at the village of Failte. There he placed a stone that Fugmug had given him on the burned remains of their town hall. Ethan noticed a piece of driftwood lying next to a well. As he began to reach for it he heard the sound of something rather large coming his way. Ethan grabbed his bag and dove behind the remains of a small building.
He sat there very still while a least a hundred trolls ran by. He peered out from behind the rocks to see the mark of Ugmug's warband on the cloaks of these trolls. Ethan grabbed his bag and began following this group of trolls. They led him to a Midgard settlement right off the coast. As Ethan moved closer to try to get an accurate count another group of trolls came marching into town. With this group was a shaman. The shaman spoke to Ugmug of the success of his mission in Albion. Ethan did not immediately understand the depths of this but then realized
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