I know a lot of you will be reading this with a certain amount of anger and hurt. Especially if you have been reading the things written in my absence yesterday on the message boards.

Please accept my apologies for the deceit. I did indeed lie to you. I told you that I had no magical powers, that I knew not who the current Protector of our country was. That I was an innocent brought onto this project by good fortune and chance. None of it is true.

I am the current Protector. I have spent most of my years fighting the very things I pretended to you I had never encountered. And now, I must explain why.

I knew for a long time that something was coming. Something of great evil that was to be a massive threat to Albion's peace and safety. But I could not find out who or what it was. So I decided to make my search high profile. I came to the BBC with the intention of seeking out whoever or whatever was coming. I succeeded.

I also knew that I would need allies to aid me in the impending fight and that I could rely on some of the Ghosts of Albion, if only I could locate them. From old journals and maps from the days of Ludlow Swift, of William and Tamara, and subsequent Protectors, I discovered clues that would lead me to the locations and identities of Ghosts who might be able to aid me.

Sadly, I underestimated the cunning and malice of my opponent, and in exposing those allies, inadvertently had them destroyed. But that has now stopped. I have found a way of protecting those last few we found.

But I need more help.

I know I have lied to you, my dear friends, who have shown me nothing but support and extended your help and skills. But, if you can find it in your hearts and souls to understand my motives and to forgive me, can I call upon your help once more?

No longer do I have the locations to find my allies. All that remains to me are a handful of names. I know these ghosts have aided Albion in the past, but I must now search for them.

I pray that in your forgiveness, you will help me do so. I will post what information I have on the ghost that I am seeking in the clues page. Please go there and see who it is I seek. I need to know where that person haunts. I need to reach him and bring him onboard and into safety as soon as can be.

The battle has commenced. May we all stand strong in the light.

Smoke and Mirrors has made a claim about me. He has called me the Current Protector of Albion.

It is true.

I am sorry I have lied to you, my good, true friends. But you will see why this was necessary in time.

I cannot write anymore for now, I am in danger.

I promise I will explain as best I can, very soon.

Smoke and Mirrors has posted again. And this time he's revealed who he is.

Thanks all of you for the knowledge, research and thoughts you have brought to the site within minutes of his posting.

Smoke and Mirrors has claimed to be Gilles de Rais, a vile man from history, who though he fought alongside Joan of Arc, was eventually tried and found guilty of torturing and murdering more than two hundred children. An evil, sick individual who most certainly convened with dark forces.

Knowing his identity gives me strength as I know who I'm up against. Knowing how and when he's going to strike is still a mystery. But now we know what evil faces us.

There are more truths to be exposed. Whatever they may be, please know that your help and friendship have been paramount. All that I have told you I have done so in good faith. Believe me, the darkness is out there, and I am not part of it. You will understand soon what I mean.