Isabel

Isabel is a ghost of the Sürgün Günlükleri ("Exile Chronicles") campaign, met in an old wishing well just outside the walls of the castle of Osterhn. Her family name is not known.¹

The well

Exalon sent the companions to bring up a small wooden chest of his from the well, saying that he needed it in order to fight. When Ephorus dived for it, a woman rose from the water before him, untouched by decay and carefully dressed, so that the companions' hair stood on end. At first she did not attack, but asked whether they meant to steal the chest too, when so much that belonged to her and her family had already been taken.^{2 3 4}

She gave her name as Isabel and said that the castle had been her father's house and that her family's rights had been taken from them; the cousins Kemp and Sarah could not place the family. At Exalon's name her face changed violently, and asked, she confirmed that she was his wife.¹

Her mind clouded. Crying that he had killed her, she took Ephorus for Exalon and attacked him, then seized his body, so that his eyes glowed blue and he could only watch as she sought to leap back into the water with him so that they could be together. For a moment she grew calm and accepted that he was not Exalon. Exalon, she said, had been forced to kill her; he had had no choice, and she wished to see him one last time. Kemp and Sarah offered to bring him.^{5 6}

Spoiler: Her endGösterAçık ettiği: Sürgün Günlükleri #14; Sürgün Günlükleri #26 · Ne okuduğunuzu söyleyin

While she spoke, Ephorus struck at her again by surprise with his sword and destroyed her. He explained that his oath forbade him to deal with those who return from the dead, and that he feared he would be destroyed himself if he joined in a reconciliation.⁷

Long afterwards he told his friends that this oath was why he had attacked her. When the companions later prepared to free the souls trapped in an abandoned town, they recalled that the ghost in the well had gone to peace once she was defeated.^{8 9}

The chest itself held a noble's ring, a ring set with a blue stone and a warm crystal heart.¹⁰