When
Majida became
Treguard's new assistant in the first episode of
Series 7, she explained that
Pickle could no longer tolerate life in a castle - "
He go back to forest to be happy elf." Some viewers apparently weren't satisfied with this, and wrote to
The Quest asking what exactly had happened to him. In the Winter 1993 issue, editor Wilf Wright claimed to be heading for
Wales to try and track him down, having heard that Pickle and
Elita (who'd also disappeared) had some "mutual elvish friends" there.
This was followed up in the Spring 1994 issue by new editor
Cadrighan the Chronicler, who reported that Wilf had "perished under the paw of a Wyrdbeast" during his quest. Pickle had nevertheless been found safe and
well among his own people in Fetlock Forest, keeping a low profile as he owed Treguard "a great deal of back rent".
