The third man was human, but possessed great magical powers that enabled him to do many of the things his peers could. He could call up the powers of water with a simple spell, he could start a blazing fire with one wave of his hand, he could plague a species with one thought. No one ever thought of him as a lesser person simply because he was not a creature as they were. He was as powerful as any of the others and they respected him. He had white hair, the color a man’s becomes after many, many years, but his face was that of a child’s. It had no lines or wrinkles and his eyes twinkled with the amusement of a young boy experiencing things for the first time. He was very tall, towering over the women and even surpassing Dendros, if only by an inch or so. He was very wise and he was named Merlin.