If you’ve already met three mad wizards with strange names, if you’ve been friends with a robber—almost a recidivist—S. Wolf, if there’s a talking flying carpet with an even more talkative name, Masday, in your retinue, then know this: a long journey awaits you, a trump card king, a state-run house, and the very real Elena the Beautiful. So take, for the trip, a couple liters of living water and a sack of rejuvenating apples from the Desperado garden—trust me, you’ll find them very useful!