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"Too Long in the Dark" is a short story by Paul S. Kemp that appeared in the Realms of Shadow anthology of stories from the Forgotten Realms, published in April 2002.

Summary[]

In the Year of Sundered Webs, −339 DR, the powerful Netherese archwizard Zossimus is content in his lavish mansion on Shade Enclave, even as the Princes of Shade have straddled it on the border of the Plane of Shadow, leaving the enclave to float in eternal twilight. But as Karsus challenges Mystryl for her divinity and the Weave fails, the twelve princes draw upon the Shadow Weave to keep the city flying, pulling it wholly into the dark demiplane. Yet Zossimus' wife despairs of living forever in the dark...

Index[]

Characters[]

AscalagonJennahKarsusPleeancisZossimus
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Princes of ShadeShadow

Creatures[]

batbirdconstructhumanquasitshadow dragonsquirrelvight hawk
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dragonflydretchgargoylehalflingsuccubus

Locations[]

Planes
Settlements
Shade Enclave
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Karsus
Geography

Magic[]

Spells
Magic Items
healing potionlightglobering
General

Religion[]

Deities
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AsmodeusBelialKozahMystrylTyche

Miscellaneous[]

braziercandledarkbriar treeebonylampmahoganypearlplatinumpurplesnapoilopalsilversulfur
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cypressmushroom

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