The Weft of Shadows incited nearby children of the briar to wrest the Bramble King’s crown from his head while he slept. They poisoned the vines and captured or killed many of the Bramble King’s creations. When the Bramble King awoke, he saw the devastation wreaked by the children of the briar and realized the Bramble Crown had been stolen. Despite the loss, he still wielded power over his surviving creations, and sent them to the village of Cambervale in search of his stolen crown….