To Page and Mike. Because the most glorious adventure are those shared. Let yours beone of the long and wondrous ones.
Let it be known: The wisdom and skill of Rob King made this tale far brighter and betterthan It could otherwise hare been.
Is there not Hell enough awaiting you, that you must go seeking it in books and spells and consorting with strange wizards?
Kesaugiir Ravendarr, a rich merchant of Amn, speaking to Ms daughter Hahilbra in the play Bold Hearts Broken by Nargustaras Gritbym.
(playwright of Athkatla)
Confutatis maledictus, flammis acrlbus addictus etiam sanato vulnere cicatrix manet Students of the history of the Realms should know that this tale of Elminster’s torment befalls in 1372 DR, the Year of Wild Magic, and that the memories seen in these pages depict events that took place, so for as can be determined, as follows:
? “The Day the Magic Died” (and the associated memories preceding it, in Chapter 2, except for Khelben’s flying over Waterdeep, which befell in 1351 DR) in mid-Kythorn of 1358 DR, the Year of Shadows.
