Heh - terribly sorry for the LOOOOOOONNNNG post here. I was balancing more than a few scenes at once. You definitely gave me a lot to go off of. 

So I'm making an assumption that the light was some kind of sealing of the bond that was starting to be set into place. I hadn't meant to give Wren a flaw like this carrying of some nasty big bad thing, but it sort of demanded when the goblin showed up in my head. :) I'm not sure it can be outted. It may just be a challenge for them if it ever gets loose. Or perhaps Chall's presence in the bond will help push it out. I don't have a set role for it, something "wraith" like or some such, but it needn't be that even. It could be a dead tree of the past or a memory of a battle or something more old and hungry than that. 

I don't know how much of a fight Chall gave when the boys grabbed him. They're nice enough boys, but have a complete lack of imagination so I'd not be surprised if one of them got rough with him had he thought to fight. They're accustomed to wrestling calves and sheep. ;) But I figured it'd be silly to assume what happened between the moment they caught him up and when they got him where he was supposed to have gone. 

Let me know if anything needs to be changed. :) And I certainly hope it is enough to kick start that muse once more. It's been forced to lay by the wayside far too long. I'm sorry for leaving it alone.