.." Wizard," stated the old man simply. "You can just call me Wizard. AndI don't have something exactly like that, but I do believe I havesomething ...lose enough."With that the Wizard walked around behind the counter and beganrummaging. Daniel watched in amusement as the Wizard dug around,muttering to himself. After a few minutes the Wizard finally stood backup, presenting an object to Daniel. "Here we go," he said, handing itto the young man."What is it?" Daniel asked, looking at it. It. How much help would Roddrick actually give them then?Cutting Rayner free he now ran to keep up with him, not wanting to get lost as the mist started to thicken.The moss under his feet provided a poor foundation for his sprint. Each heavy kick against the green earth sank his feet to the ankle.Rayner had an easier time but began to sweat with the effort to run in what was essentially mud.The shape of Roddrick’s body began to disappear into the mist just when more vines sprung from the ground to. ‘Thorfinn Olafson is, like me a vampire. Unlike me, I hope, he’s a nasty evil son-of-a-bitch who could have given Vlad Dracula a run for his money. Drac, incidentally, was not a vampire, just a mass murderer.’ I sighed. ‘It would be much easier if there was really some kind of ‘Watchers’ who kept track of vampires like the TV series have for them and immortals, but there isn’t. What we do know is Thorfinn is a very old vampire, perhaps a thousand years old. He was a priest of Odin at one time. "We crossed over to Gerda's room and Benton took a tobacco tin from hispocket. It was filled with putty."That's why I asked you to break some window glass," he said, pressingGerda's key into the putty, "so that if I was searched for whateverreason when I arrived at the castle, having putty on me wouldn't raiseany suspicions. But this is what I really wanted it for."The impressions made, he carefully closed the tin."Right, now I just need to take some measurements inside the secretpassage," he.