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so Palin travels back to save Steel's life. Palin gets imprisoned, robbed of his staff. All the while the Nightlord wants him & Steel dead, is better for the knighthood. Pailin did tell Ariakan about the gods fighting Chaos, doom is nigh for all. It isn't until doom indeed is there that everyone joins forces, good & evil. Meanwhile back on the island of the Irda, to which Usha, Tas & Palin went, these 3 see that all

stop it. Either he gives his life to magic (i.e. black robes) or he gets trialled instead of Steel. Astinus already wrote about the first, but Steel decides otherwise, thanks to Dalamar's teleport ring.

Tas, Palin & Usha meet again, lots of stuff about thieves. Raistlin meets with Astinus, tells Palin to meet him at there midnight. The three have to flee, since the dark knights are patrolling everywhere & life is much more controlled since the conquest. Meeting at the library, Palin sees black robes to change his dirty, smelly white ones. Think it's a trick. Meanwhile Steel is brought to justice, but Palin can still

of Caramon & Tika. Meanwhile, Usha is "trapped" in the Thieves' Guild, thanks to the dwarf Dougan Redhammer (aka Reorx, see The Second Generation).

a promise he made to Sturm. But why Tanis had to die like that, at the hands of a barbarian, after all he's done and been through before? Lame! Way to go, TSR. Laurana is invited by their son Gilthas to visit Qualinesti. A trap or not, that's to be seen. Abyss: Raistlin, Tas, Palin have to flee as Kitiara wounded Palin. Raist can't get back into the abyss, thus returns with Palin to the Inn, to the biggest surprise..

remain captive. Steel returns to meet him destiny, i.e. death. That gets postponed because of the oncoming war. All venture towards the High Clerist's Tower, the major defense of the Solamnic knights. Palin & Tas open the portal, get to see Raistlin. In turn, apparently, these three hear how the gods quarrel over what's happening on Krynn. Something unique to witness. At the tower Tanis gets killed while saving Steel

hostage & needed to open the portal to the abyss to let the dark queen come out again. Lots of adventuring, incl. Dalamar, Crysania, Shoikan grove. Tas & Usha meanwhile are captives of Dalamar in the tower. And so a new meeting occurs. Tas overexcited, as usual, but Palin knows to keep him silent now and then. Palin & Tas get to enter the laboratory, Steel & Usha don't. Steel didn't dare. Usha has to flee to not...

wrap-up so far: Usa, riased by the Irda (who have the graygem in which Chaos hides/is released and so the misery begins), has to flee to save herself. She arrives at Palanthas, knows nothing of money or civil life. There is drought, hot weather, war. Caramon's sons are killed, save Palin. He is captive, but Steel (Sturm's son) has a debt to repay & so brings back the bodies to Caramon/Tika for burial. but Palin is...

Dark armies attacking the High Clerist's Tower, Steel leading the charge. His party gets trapped, but Steel knows it. Still, when he wants to attack the commander (Tanis), he's surprised. Tanis saves his life, but gets killed by a barbarian in the act. :( Yet, Sturm's request is fulfilled, in that Steel had to survive. What now? Will Steel turn to good?

his commander to report that he failed, which means his death, but that gets postponed so he can fight the upcoming war. Usha escapes from Dalamar and co., ends up with the Thieves Guild. She early in the story had to get away from the Irda, where she grew up, since they came under attack of the dark armies. Usha knows nothing of the world, of money, etc... Also, Tanis is back to help rescue Ansalon once more.