[color=A0A0A0][h2]Fleuri Jodeau[/h2][/color]
The knights now had an objective and a location.  According to the Moonlit Queen, a Midnight Hunt would end if its leader was defeated.  Thus their goal- and their condition to win the wager and recover the Duke's sanity- would be to strike down Sir Rozenalt.  This was easier said than done, of course- Sir Rozenalt was skilled enough to fight Tyaethe to a standstill (in the very least, neither managed to kill the other), and he wasn't alone.  The knights would be also facing whatever fae and spirits that the Hunt threw at them, meaning that in a best case scenario, most of the band would be occupied holding off the rest of the hunters while the others (almost certainly Tyaethe, plus whoever she permitted to aid her) dealt with Rozenalt.

Fleuri wondered what Rozenalt thought of Tyaethe.  Perhaps he was yearning to face her again, in hopes of correcting his previous failure to defeat her.  Or, at the other extreme, perhaps he barely remembered her and gave no thought to Tyaethe's survival in the previous hunt.

As for exactly what they'd be facing in addition to Rozenalt, Fleuri had a vague idea.  It went without saying that the Unseelie would participate, particularly the Knights of the Midnight Hunt.  The hunt was also said to involve evil spirits, but Fleuri was unsure what manner of foes they'd be.  He reckoned it wasn't entirely impossible (although pretty improbable, since Thaln had no shortage of deceased evildoers) that some of the souls of their previous foes, like Jeremiah or the necromancer, might be joining.

It wouldn't be long before they found out.  With a guide to take them to the location of the hunt, they could be assured that they'd soon be facing down one of the most terrible supernatural phenomena in Thaln.