Wizard Prisons

‘IT IS FORBIDDEN TO CAST SPELLS WHILE YOU VISIT THIS CASTLE. THE PENALTY FOR THE THOUGHT...’

Willy’s Adam’s apple began gyrating in his throat. The thoughts of every wizard are being monitored!

...WILL BE BANISHMENT TO TREATMENT ISLAND.’

Oh, my my my!

‘Willy, what’s wrong with you?’ said Gambling Kentucky, the famous Coup Wizard. 'You look like death hotted up and you’re dripping. Look!’ He pointed to the flagstone. A little pool had started.

‘Kentucky, I’m terrified. Treatment Island. Do you know about Treatment Island?’

‘We all know, Willy, but you surely aren’t going to induce that penalty, are you?’ He raised an incredible blue shaven eyebrow. Their dialogue was interrupted....

“As you know, it’s called HONEY SWEET BAY ISLE, but my research which is very preliminary, has shown that in Century Wizard ONEO, it was called BANISH BAY, and the Justice Laws in ONEO Century called for serious infringements by Wizard Fraternights could be punished by a sojourn on BANISH BAY.”

“And .. ..?” said Willy....

....Wizard Genius, had contravened the law which prohibited violating Inca Temples, and furthermore, it was a dramatic offence to manufacture, cosmetise, or artificialise the precious metals gold and silver, without specific consent of the foundling wizard fathers.

“Wizard Genius, was arraigned and banished, but he never disclosed where his hoard of precious jewels were hidden - for when he had stolen the Goldseed, the Inca Priests reported the disappearance of an entire Inca Treasure chamber which had been locked in Inca Elionimo’s Tomb. It had been in Elionimos’ reign that the famous Blue Topaz and Silver Deposits had been discovered. The legend goes on, that Wizard Genius, lived his life out on Banish Bay and that he had concealed his ill gotten treasure somewhere in the Bay. When he died, the Wizard record office removed all relevant documents found in his Bay Abode, including a drawing made on a skin fragment....

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