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Hobbers surge up the hill, the bats and squirrels finally come together to fight their common enemy. Suddenly, the gigantic horned rat god Hobb breaks through the earth, much to everyone's horror. Morwenna is incinerated by Hobb, who mistakes her for Ysabelle because she is presently wearing the silver acorn. Upon reclaiming the discarded pendant, Ysabelle ritually accepts the powers of the Starwifeship, then confronts Hobb. She casts a spell that imprisons him in an ordinary acorn before fainting with exhaustion.
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figure who dwells there. He says that the great war has been fought in vain, for it was not the
Starwife who stole the bats' power away from them, but their own corrupt leader Hrethel. The only way for the Hobbers to be defeated is if the bats and squirrels fight them together. Tysle turns up dead, and it is revealed that he was murdered by Wendel, who is in fact the high priest of Hobb. Mad with grief, Giraldus attacks Wendel, but the latter ultimately gains the upper hand. However, the disabled mole causes a tunnel collapse which kills both Wendel and himself.
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Ysabelle finally arrive in Greenreach. Morwenna approaches Ysabelle and gains her trust, only to steal the silver acorn and reveal herself to be a Hobber. Vesper and Ysabelle watch in despair as the bat and squirrel armies engage in battle. Using special herbs given to him by the Ancient,
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Maculatum, having returned from the dead to ensure his curse was fulfilled. Meanwhile, all through the coronation ceremony, thoughts of the young bat fill Ysabelle's mind. Ultimately she publicly refuses the Starwifeship and races to find Vesper. She is heartbroken to find him lying dead,
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Aldertide celebrations in Coll Regalis. He says he has heard that a group of woodlanders have risen up in resistance to the Hobbers, and that their base is somewhere nearby. Upon reaching it, Vesper and Ysabelle are granted an audience with the Ancient, a revered and immortal
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Underworld. Godfrey hastily comes up with a plan to retrieve the acorn, which is successful but results in his death. Ysabelle unties Vesper as she still needs his help as a guide. The two escape, but not before the enraged high priest lays curses on
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On their way through the forest, Ysabelle's guards discover a juvenile bat named
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