Question

Exact word required. A man of this faction known only as the “painter” tried and failed to use the spells of Mana, Reck, and Lir to control a magical sea creature. Large grey foxes called milgwn (“MILL-gun”) serve a powerful lord of this faction. The crystal sword Eirias glows blue in the presence of this faction, and was used to defeat it by cutting mistletoe from the Midsummer tree. A poem states that when this faction comes, “six shall turn it back / Three from the circle, three from the track.” (15[1])After the servant Hawkin realized that Merriman Lyon was willing to sacrifice him for the magical book of (*) gramarye (“GRAMMER-ee”), he joined this faction and became known as The Walker. This faction was opposed by a group of immortal humans called the Old Ones, whose last member was Will Stanton. For 10 points, name this evil faction (10[1])that, according to a prophetic poem, is “rising”. ■END■ (10[2]0[5])

ANSWER: The Dark [reject word forms like “darkness”]
<Literature | The Dark is Rising Sequence/Susan Cooper | RT>
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