Mistress of Magic, Chapter 15 Summary

Morgaine embarks immediately on her journey from Avalon to Dragon Island where the ceremony will be. As she begins her journey, she starts to go into a trance state. She pays no attention to where they are taking her. When she reaches her destination, she is taken to a small house and prepared for the ceremony. The women prepare Morgaine by painting her body. As they lead her outside, she notices a young man being lead from another house. Although she cannot get a good look at him, she watches the men as they paint him and crown him with the symbolic antlers. She does notice that he is not one of their own people, meaning, not a villager. Morgaine sees that the youth is strongly built with a shock of blonde hair.

After the initial blessing...