"The Druid of the Wood" artwork by Anselm Yew

Forest Boy waits until a moonless night, as instructed by the Tree Of Life, and finds his way to the Sacred Grove of the Druid of the Wood. He can see it from afar, as it is surrounded by light. As Forest Boy approaches the grove, he can see that the Druid himself is asleep on a bed of light. The Druid's body and surrounding vegetation are intertwined growing into each other, but Forest Boy can tell something is wrong. The nearby trees, plants and bushes are dried out, and the Druid himself breathes heavily.

From the deadwood of the trees, Forest Boy crafts a sharpened holy rood (a piece of wood in the shape of a cross), which he must use for the solemn sacrifice. Forest Boy learned from the Tree Of Life the ritual that must be performed. It is a blood sacrifice that will result in the Druid's soul entering Forest Boy. Without waking the Druid, Forest Boy must pierce the Druid's neck with his holy rood and drain the Druid of his blood. This will cause the Druid’s soul to exit his body and enter Forest Boy's. Forest Boy will then become the Druid of the Wood and restore Hobbitozz to its full verdure.

The end of this story is really only the beginning. An entity known as the Spirit Usher comes to Hobbitozz and takes the new Druid’s spirit through spacetime to another planet. What happens next will unfold in REPTIEL’s following album (The Planet of) Progkp.