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I AM PRINCESS OF THE QUE-SHU TRIBE. RIVERWIND IS MY GUARDIAN
AND MY BETROTHED. WE SEEK TO DISCOVER THE NATURE AND USE OF
THIS STAFF THAT RIVERWIND FOUND.
SOME MONTHS AGO, RIVERWIND WENT TO MY FATHER AND ASKED
FOR MY HAND. FATHER HAD ANOTHER MARRIAGE IN MIND FOR ME, AND
HE DEMANDED THAT RIVERWIND PROVE HIS WORTH BY BRINGING BACK
THE MAGIC OF THE FORSAKEN LANDS.
FOR MONTHS I RECEIVED NO WORD OF RIVERWIND. THEN HE RE-
TURNED, BEARING THIS STAFF. FATHER THOUGH HE HAD RID HIMSELF
OF RIVERWIND, AND IN HIS ANGER HE DECLARED THE STAFF WORTH-
LESS AND ORDERED THE VILLAGERS TO STONE RIVERWIND. AS THE
STONES FELL UPON HIM, I RAN TO HIS SIDE. AT THAT MOMENT THE
STAFF BLAZED WITH A BLUE LIGHT AND WE FOUNDS OURSELVES ON THE
PLAINS FAR WEST OF THE VILLAGE. WE DO SOT KNOW HOW TO WORK
THE STAFF; WE CANNOT RETURN TO OURVILLAGE UNTIL WE CAN CON-
TROL THE STAFF POWER.
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I HAVE WANDERED THROUGH FOREST AND WILDERNESS FOR FIVE LONG
YEARS. THROUGH QUALINESTI WEST OF THE KHAROLIS MOUNTAINS,
THROUGH THE FORESTS OF KITH-KANAN, ALL THE WAY TO THE DIS-
TANT SEA. FOUND NO TRACE OF MYSTICAL HEALERS—NOT EVEN TALES
OR RUMORS OF THEM—IN MY TRAVELS. STILL, I CERTAIN THE TRUE
GODS MUST EXIST; THE SIGNS OF THEIR HANDIWORK ARE EVERY-
WHERE. THE WHITE STAG LED ME TOWARD THE BEST PATHS, WHEEL-
ING BIRDS FORETOLD WAR, AND THUNDERCLOUDS WARNED ME OF
DANGER. THESE MUST BE THE WORK OF THE TRUE GODS! BUT STILL I
FOUND NO PRIEST TO THE WEST.
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I AM A WARRIOR OF THE QUE-SHU TRIBE. I HAVE LOVED GOLDMOON
FOR MANY TURNS OF THE SUN.
I REMEMBER LITTLE OF WHAT HAPPENED TO ME AFTER I REACHED THE
FORSAKEN LANDS. EVERYTHING SEEMS AS IF A DARK DREAM: A BLACK
SWAMP, A WELL, A SHINING LADY, AND A LEATHE-WINGED CREATURE
OF PURE EVIL. HOW MUCH OF THIS IS REAL AND HOW MUCH IS MAD-
NESS, I CANNOT SAY.
MONTHS LATER I SOMEHOW RETURNED TO QUE-SHU, BLEEDING,
CRAZED WITH FEVER AND VISIONS. I PRESENTED THE STAFF, BUT THE
VILLAGE COUNCIL SCORNED IT. SOMEHOW THE STAFF SAVED US FROM
THE STONING, BUT WE KNOW NOT HOW.
MY BROTHER RAISTLIN AND I ALSO WANDERED OVER THE KHAROLIS
MOUNTAINS, BUT WE JOURNEYED TO THE SOUTHWEST, BEYOND THE
REALMS OF THE ELVES. WE SEARCHED FOR THE FABLED TOWERS OF
HIGH SORCERY. DEEP IN DARK, EERY MISTS THAT ALWAYS SEEM TO
COVERTHAT LAND, WE FOUND THESE MYSTERIOUS TOWERS. RAISTLIN
ENDURED GREAT HARDSHIP WITHIN, AND HE HAS CHANGED GREATLY
SINCE WE LAST GATHERED TOGETHER. HE SPEAKS LITTLE OF HIS EXPERI-
ENCES WITHIN THE TOWER.
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I HAVE SEARCHED THESE FIVE YEARS FOR A HOLY MAN AND FOR AWAY
TO AVENGE THE WRONGS DONE TO MY PEOPLE. I FAILED AT BOTH PUR-
POSES.
YEARS AGO, THE KINGDOM OF THORBARDIN HOUSED ALL THE
DWARVES. WE HILL DWARVES LIVED ABOVE GROUND AND FARMED
FOOD FOR THOSE BELOW. THE MOUNTAIN DWARVES GAVE US METAL-
WORK IN RETURN. BUT WHEN THE CATACLYSM CAME, THEY CLOSED
THE GATES OF THORBARDIN TO US, LEAVING US TO THE WRATH OF THE
GODS.
I SEARCHED FOR THE DOORS TO THORBARDIN, BUT ALL WAS
CHANGED. CURSES ON THE MOUNTAIN DWARVES AND THEIR VILE
GULLY DWARF COUSINS!
AT THE TOWERS OF HIGH SORCERY, I PASSED GREAT TESTS SET BY THE
SPIRITS OF LONG- DEAD SAGES AND WIZARDS. THE TESTS TRIED ME
GREATLY AND ALMOST BROKE ME. NOW I SEE THE WORLD THROUGH
HOURGLASS EYES THAT SHOW ME MANY THINGS THAT I CANNOT SPEAK
OF. MUCH OF MY HEALTH IS GONE, YET THE MAGICAL POWERS THAT I
POSSESS MAY PROVE TO BE MORE VALUABLE THAN GOOD HEALTH.
AS WE DEPARTED THE TOWERS, I HEARD THE VOICE OF AN ANCIENT
MAGE SAY TO ME ALONE: “USE WELL YOU POWERS, FOR THE TIME IS
NIGH WHEN YOUR STRENGTH IS NEEDED IS THE STRUGGLE TO REBAL-
ANCE THE WORLD."
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I’VE ALMOST FORGOTTEN WHERE I'VE BEEN. I MEANT TO MAKE MAPS,
BUT THERE WAS SO MUCH TO SEE, I NEVER FOUND THE TIME. TO THE
NORTH AND WEST THE WORLD HAS CHANGED MORE THAN OURLANDS.
A SEA NOW LIES TO THE NORTH WHERE OLD MAPS SHOW PLAINS BE-
FORE THE CATACLYSM. WHERE THE EMPIRE OF ERGOTH ONCE STOOD,
NAUGHT IS LEFT BUT A COUPLE OF ISLANDS.
SO NOW I GET BACK TO SOLACE EXPECTING TO SLEEP FOR A FEW
WEEKS, AND IT'S A DUMP! SOME HOLY TYPES CALLED PEEKERS OR SEEK-
ERS OR SOMETHING ARE TRYING TO TAKE CONTROL OF EVERYTHING. I’M
ALL FOR PACKING UP AND HEADING OUT AGAIN!
I VISITED THE NORTHERN LANDS WHEN I CROSSED THE SEA IN THE COM-
PANY OF OUR FRIEND KITIARA. ONCE OVER THE SEA, WE PARTED
COMPANY-SHE WENT WEST AND I VENTURED EAST. THOUGH I
SEARCHED FOR A HOLY MAN, I ALSO SOUGHT MY BIRTHRIGHT.
FOR YOU SEE, I KNOW ONLY THAT MY MOTHER FLED THE NORTH-
LANDS WHEN I WAS YOUNG. SHE CARRIED ALL MY DEAD FATHER HAD
LEFT HER: HIS SWORD AND HIS RING. FROM THESE I KNOW THAT HE
WAS ONCE A KNIGHT OF SOLAMNIA. SO I JOURNEYED TO TAKE MY FA-
THER'S PLACE IN THAT GOOD AND JUST ORDER. BUT I DISCOVERED
THAT THE SOLAMNIC KNIGHTS HAVE FALLEN INTO DISFAVOR WITH
THE PEOPLE OF THE NORTH, AND I COULD FIND NO MEMBERS; OF THE
ORDER. THUS MY PAST REMAINS A MYSTERY.
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