EXTENDED SYNOPSIS:
Four Terrons chase an escaped slave girl, Adranna (Ashley Gavin) through the Mydlands. Soon after the Terrons divide into pairs, two of them become ensnared in vines which squeeze the life out of one and immobilize the other. The paralyzed victim is finished off by the arrows of a mysterious young couple, who proceed to cut the vines which emit a devouring mist. In another part of the forest, the unnatural silence of the animals prompts Dar (Daniel Goddard) to search for what is scaring them. Dar and Tao (Jackson Raine) discover the skeletal remains of two fallen Terrons, which proves there is a dangerous hunter among them.
After the Ancient One (Grahame Bond) arrives to offer more riddles of wisdom to the Sorceress (Monika Schnarre), King Zad (Steven Grives) pays a visit and offers her an alliance that would allow them both to be free of the Ancient One's meddling. The Sorceress denies any desire to go along with Zad's plan.
Meanwhile, Dar and Tao happen upon twins, Jem (Christopher Sadrinna) and Nye (Zoe Coyle) and their cats. Unbeknownst to Dar and Tao, who are attracted by the charm of the brother-sister pair, the twins are in fact the archers who control the vines and killed the Terrons. Chased from their home village because they were different, the siblings began a career of killing simply for the pleasure of it.
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When two Terrons attack, Jem quickly kills one with his bow and arrow, while Dar allows his opponent to retreat. Ruh arrives and expresses his dislike of the twins to Dar, but Dar disregards him and the four make camp together. Awakened by Sharak, Dar and Tao find the twins missing. Through the eagle's eyes, Dar sees Adranna fleeing from her Terron captors and immediately sets out to help her. As Dar fights the Terrons, Tao runs after the frightened Adranna, both of whom are captured by the vines. Fortunately, Dar, who also becomes ensnared, is able to save them by killing the root. When Adranna warns that they are still not safe from the two keepers of the vine, Dar begins to suspect the twins.
As their evil becomes more evident, Jem and Nye decide they want to kill both Dar and Tao. They lure the two by capturing Adranna, whom they use as bait. Rather than face the skilled twins head on, Tao decides to split the two by feigning interest in Nye and causing a schism between the pair. Ultimately, the ruse works and Dar and Tao defeat them with their own insecurities, and the two die in each other's arms.
The Sorceress, still bitter that the Ancient One stole her unicorns from the night sky, decides to place the lovely twins into the stars and creates a new constellation -- Gemini.
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