

After they succumbed to the book's power, they took it deep into the Eastland and hid it within the Maelmord. Like the Warlock Lord, they were unable to resist the book's dark magic and were subverted, becoming Mord Wraiths. These men believed they could control the power of the Ildatch and began to learn its secrets. Although he believed it to be destroyed when the Skull Kingdom fell, the Ildatch was recovered by a band of the Warlock Lord's last remaining followers. Brona was subverted by the book's dark magic and under its influence became the Warlock Lord.Īfter the Warlock Lord's defeat at the hands of Shea Ohmsford, Allanon looked for the Ildatch but could not find it. It was first used by the rebel Druid Brona to increase his knowledge of magic. The Ildatch claims that it was once part of The Word, a collection of secrets that gradually separated from it in time. Allanon also told Brin that she was the only one who could destroy it. Its story was told to Brin Ohmsford by the Druid Allanon. This book emerged in the Age of Faerie, long before the rise of humankind. The Ildatch is a book of black magic featured in The Wishsong of Shannara. Surviving page destroyed by Jair Ohmsford (" Indomitable").
