This little dude here was wandering around the Brillig forest one day when he came upon a neat little tree, with a neat little door on it. Being an inquizitve little bunny he decided to check it out. When he came to the door it mysteriously opened by itself. So walking right in he started checking things out for himself... that's when Tom, that's the Mage of Shades to you, made his appearance.

Tom sat the little guy down and told him of the legends of the lands and of what events were about to transpire... but he also told him to keep his secrets to himself. When Tosh left Tom's home he went straight to the Trolls who had been hired by Malesur to hire him to get the information out of Tom (get all that?)

When they got back to Malesur's dark citadel though, Tosh had been transformed into a... something... don't know what it is... but he should have taken Tom's advice.