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 * Tanisell the Cloaked, a human hailing from the fiend-overrun Ascalhorn (now called Hellgate Keep), is elected as High Mage of Silverymoon.


 * Wulgreth escaped Hellgate Keep and seeks sanctuary in the ruins of Karse. There he endeavors to access the immortal power of the momentary god Karsus, but his servant Jhingleshod murders him. Wulgreth's death releases magical forces that turn him into a lich and create the Dire Wood.


 * The Hall of Mists and the Grandfather Tree are infested by a colony of giant mutant red ants that were spawned by an eddy of magical chaos emanated from Hellgate Keep.