*As told by Sharyn Valhaikor to the Guards outside Hempstead ...*
We had just come out of the swamps and stood within the Dapplegreen, sorting coin and ore, Ygraine had wandered to water the plants leaving Annywl and I to to defend ourselves from a group of Minotaurs. There were about 4 and a leader. A patrol? Who knows, but anyone wandering through the Dapplegreen should keep their eyes open. Never heard of those creatures wandering this far south ...