They climb to the top, where Julia discovers a rag doll in a ball of feathers hidden in a nest.

It turns out to be a powerful and evil witch, and it possesses Julia and spirits her away through a pyramid of fire.

Paul manages to follow them and he finds himself in a strange country desperately unprepared for the return of the Ragwitch.

Paul collects several mystical objects from the powerful Elementals, before meeting with the Patchwork King, who forges for him a needle spear in order to kill the Ragwitch.

Although she is much more courageous than Paul, her war is one of the mind, resisting the power of the Ragwitch from within the witch's body.