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A merchant stumbles on a grotto, lost. He eats his last apple. The merchant plants the seeds the next day to provide food for future lost travelers. 

And so, the nymph Theanore is born.

She would grow from a tiny seed to a splendid apple tree. She would meet many friends. Theanore will try her hand at being a merchant like her father. And she will get to know her lifetime companion, the merman Marinus.

But as every farmer can tell you, apple trees live only for about 150 years and so, with her tree dried up, so will Theanore die.

 But before that, she will live.

The Apple Grotto Nymph (Dungeon Core Fairy Tale)

Elmar finished the lesson and was invited to have dinner with Grandpa and Grandma Thinker. Many children looked at him with envy as he made his way to their spots at the bonfire.

"Elmar, my boy, come eat while it is still warm," Grandma Thinker urged, and she handed Elmar a plate with potato salad and meatballs with tomato souse. Elmar dug in and observed the two spirits of Yule.

There were both good and bad myths about them. Theanore had told him that they were mostly good, but she had also told him of Darion and how he nearly got stoned to death on their watch.

On the one hand, he agreed with Grandpa Thinker that the gremlin should be punished. But on the other, he was horrified that the punishment the two had chosen was death.

Grandpa Thinker took a book out of his bag and handed it to Elmar.

Chapter 92: Dark or Light? Or maybe Gray?