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 * Khelben "Blackstaff" Arunsun discovers a major threat in Alaundo's Prophecies, and begins planning contingencies against it.


 * Malek Aldhanek, court wizard of Stornanter, is apparently assassinated in a court intrigue.


 * Laeral Silverhand realizes too late that she is in love with Malek. She retires from the court of Stornanter and tours her realm in grief, not knowing his true identity for over five hundred years.