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An ancient path goes north from the village of Dorf.  It cuts through the woods and fields, drops down into a valley, then winds across the valley floor until it ends at a well

In this old well, older than memory, there lives a terrible water troll.  He is so terrible that the villagers call the well despair.  Nobody comes to that well?except a small girl, Elisabeth, weeping for the loss of her mother.  When the troll, who understands loneliness, decides to rescue Elisabeth from her grief, he sets in motion all the forces of fear, rage, and ignorance waiting to erupt in the village.

This is a tale of the power of love and trust in the face of cowardice and foolishness.