Korlash burst into his old house looking for his mother. he didn't see her. He looked around for her. He finally went out back. After staring at the fledgling tree, he walked back inside and back out to the front of his house. He walked back to the council and stood in front of them with a stern stance. "I request to receive my magical gift now." he said, staring them head on. The elders gathered around him in a circle, and started chanting an old elvish verse. Korlash could feel the power of magic finally coursing through him. He decided to test it out. He pointed his hand out torwards a small sapling outside the hut and muttered "Grow." the sapling burst forth into a glorious tree, filled completely with leaves and branches. He closed his hand back into a fist, bowed to the elders and walked out. He walked back to Jin, tired from his first use of magic. "Hey jin," he said, " come stay at my hut over here for the night. we'll figure what to do in the morning."

Meanwhile, the mad king looked over his plans. "yes," he said, "I will finally be rid of that elf and all of his kind once and for all." He looked to his general. "General!" he yelled. "Start preparing the army. We are going to trim some hedges."