Chapter 20 - 23 Summary

In chapter 20, Panamon, Shea and Keltset find a Gnome hiding in the bushes with a sack of weapons and coins. Orl Fane is a deserter but he swears he knows the location of the Sword of Shannara. The importance of Fane's information keeps him alive. The group ties him up so that they can question him later.

Shea tells his new friends about his quest and his relationship with the Sword of Shannara. They believe his story and plan to help him find the sword. Everyone heads to bed and the next morning Shea wakes to find Orl Fane has escaped with the sword but not the sack of junk. They all realize the sword they thought was junk was the Sword of Shannara.

In chaper 21, Allanon is worried when Shea and the Sword are not at Paranor because he had...