![]() ![]() This grants him a richer spirit but gets him expelled from the realm he is in, back into the ocean. He is only able to drink twice, instead of the full three. He manages to be freed and makes his way to the Hippocrene. Through Golias’ intervention, Shandon is put on trial before three judges. One of them is Orpheus and he is there to rescue Shandon. Golias all along has been a man of many names: Finally meeting the lord of the hell-like realm, Shandon is on the verge of succumbing to damnation when Golias shows up. The route chosen runs more or less through literary hell: Shandon is introduced to a number of damned figures from history and literature, as Faustopheles tries to break his spirit. Shandon makes the serious error of making a bargain with Faustopheles, who is supposed to guide Shandon to the Hippocrene. Shandon is sold into slavery to a group of brutal religious fanatics escaping, he makes his way on, meeting Job and then finally meeting a man named Faustopheles. He meets up with a boat load of peoplecaptained by a man with a cynical and self-serving attitude similar to the one Shandon started out with. He must make the journey along and so, rather sad to leave Golias, he sets out to find the Hippocrene. Shandon has managed to be placed under a geas to travel to the Hippocrene and to drink from it three times, if he can. Despite all this, the three manage to get Lucius to the wedding and turned back into a man in time to save the girl, kill the villain and for the two lovers to reconcile and get married. ![]() Not being the brightest of people, Lucius then manages to get himself transformed into a donkey. Even worse, his fiancé is the kidnapped by his rival. Worse, having decided he had lost her forever, Lucius sleeps with a lady of negotiable favours and manages to be seen by his ex-fiancé leaving the lady’s room. The young man is the victim of slander and his own weak nature with respect to women. ![]() He and Golias eventually meet up again, and decide to help a young man named Lucius regain his fiancé’s hand. Shandon makes his way across the countryside, having minor adventures and meeting various fictional and legendary figures like Robin Hood. Golias rescues him and they escape the island.Īfter making their way to the mainland with the help of a ship full of warriors, Golias and Shandon help the warriors but are separated in the battle, which their side loses badly. Unfortunately for Shandon, he is totally innocent of folk tales and literature and he attempts to seduce Circe, getting turned into a pig for his troubles. Shandon, who is utterly self-centered and unlikable, abandons Golias and meets a pretty woman named Circe. Eventually, they manage to reach an island, apparently deserted.Ĭannibals visit the island and while they are killing and eating a prisoner, Golias and “Silverlock” Shandon steal the cannibals’ canoe and make their way to the island of Aeaea. He manages to survive the wreck and when he makes his way to a floating spar finds another man already clinging to it. Synopsis: Clarence Shandon is adrift, both spiritually and literally, his ship, the Naglfar, having sunk suddenly while at sea. ![]()
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