title: Pagan Portals - Pan: Dark Lord of the Forest and Horned God of the Witches
author:  Melusine Draco 
description: <span><span>Mlusine Draco originally trained in the magical arts of traditional British Old Craft with Bob and Mrim Clay-Egerton. She has been a magical and spiritual instructor for over 20 years with Arcanum and the Temple of Khem, and writer of numerous popular books. She now lives in Ireland near the Galtee Mountains.</span></span>
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  **The Lone Drow**
  
  
  _**R. A. Salvatore**_
  
  
  _**The Hunter's Blades Trilogy**_
  
  
  **Prelude**
  
  
  "The three mists, Obould Many-Arrows," Tsinka Shrinrill shrieked, her eyes
  wide, eyeballs rolling about insanely. She was in her communion as she
  addressed the orc king and the others, lost somewhere between the real world
  and the land of the gods, so she claimed. "The three mists define your kingdom
  beneath the Spine of the World: the long line of the Surbrin River, giving her
  vapors to the morning air; the fetid smoke of the Trollmoors reaching up to
  your call; the spiritual essence of your long-dead ancestors, the haunting of
  Fell Pass. This is your time, King Obould Many-Arrows, and this will be your
  domain!"
  
  
  The orc shaman ended her proclamation by throwing up her arms and howling, and
  those many other mouths of Gruumsh One-Eye, god of orcs, followed her lead,
  similarly shrieking, raising their arms, and turning circles as they paced a
  wider circuit around the orc king