Section I: Roddy Summary

"The Merlin Conspiracy," the story of a corrupt magical world and the children who save it, begins from the point of view of Roddy. A young woman in the King's entourage, Roddy spends most of her time with her friend Grundo, who most of the other characters consider to be slow, especially his mother Sybil and sister Alicia. The two of them go to watch Roddy's father at work as the weather wizard, arranging fine weather for the King's meeting with the Scotch king the next day. In the second chapter, the meeting takes place, and the weather is exactly right. However, as the two kings and their entourages approach one another, the Old Merlin, or master of witchcraft within the world, drops dead. Sybil goes into false dramatics, pretending to be distraught, and the Scotch king considers the...