“Cado, look at the animals!” 

They all four looked at the hunter. At how the unicorn waited patiently beside him. At how the fearsome griffin relaxed, staring trustingly at the hunter. By now the three horses, too, had drifted over to stand near the big man. The beasts did not fear him even though he looked so grim, his flesh streaked with dark veins of corruption, his eyes dull and his stance weary. Yet a powerful aura emanated from beneath the smell of dirt, sweat, and grief, a sense of great power smothered beneath a corrosive veil. 

“The animals trust him. If we free him from the binding, we can ask him to help us.”

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Throne of Eldraine: The Wildered Quest, Chapter 12