The Companions then return to Solace (their collective hometown), only to find it occupied by the armies of the Dragon Highlords. The Companions leave with the Disks of Mishakal and Bupu also gives an ancient spellbook (formerly belonging to the archmage, Fistandantilus, who has a dark pact with Raistlin and sometimes lends his power to him) to Raistlin and then returns home to her fellow gully dwarves. However, they find her later resting at the foot of a statue of Mishakal, which now bears the Blue Crystal Staff, having blessed Goldmoon with true clerical powers. When this happens, Goldmoon is consumed by its holy flame and presumed dead. One of the dwarves, Bupu, leads them to the dragon Khisanth, who is killed by the holy power of the blue crystal staff. The Forestmaster charges the group to go the Xak Tsaroth to retrieve the Disks of Mishakal, contain the teaching of the True Gods and are instrumental for the restoration of the faith in the True Gods.Īfter a lengthy trip and several encounters with the forces of darkness, the companions enter Xak Tsaroth and eventually meet some gully dwarves. ![]() These creatures are numerous among the Dark Queen's armies, and often serve as footsoldiers into the woods, the Companions soon find themselves in a place known as Darken Wood, where the Companions are attacked but are rescued by centaurs, who take them to the Forestmaster, a unicorn. The next day, the group is attacked by Draconians. The Companions cross a nearby lake by boat in their escape, and Raistlin notices that the constellations known as “The Valiant Warrior” and “The Queen of Darkness” (representations of the True Gods Paladine and Takhisis) are absent from the sky, which he claims means that the two gods, the heads of good and evil, respectively, have come to Krynn. This pulls the Companions, unwittingly, into a great struggle against the goddess Takhisis, the Queen of Darkness and leader of the enemy forces. The Companions are forced to flee Solace after Goldmoon uses the staff to heal a Seeker, which results in a bar fight. Goldmoon bears the Blue Crystal Staff, a holy artifact of the goddess Mishakal which possesses healing powers and sparks the revival of the faith of the True Gods. Flint remarks that Kitiara has broken a sacred oath, bearing bad tidings upon the group. Kitiara Uth Matar is absent, having left a letter saying that "her new lord is keeping her busy". After a brief confrontation, they continue to the Inn of the Last Home and meet up with their friends, and, as circumstance would have it, two barbarians, Riverwind and Goldmoon. Tanis, Flint and Tasslehoff meet outside of Solace. ![]() Solace is now an armed camp and goblin soldiers patrol the once peaceful village. ![]() Even worse they are collaborating with the evil Dragon Highlords who are preparing for the conquest of the continent of Ansalon. The Seekers, however, are no longer benign and fanatical elements have gained control of their order. Solace is now under the control of the Highseekers of Haven, an agnostic order of truth-seekers that sprang up after the Cataclysm when the True Gods supposedly abandoned Krynn. It is the eve of their reunion and Solace is much changed from the peaceful village they left five years before. The Companions had separated five years earlier to seek proof of the existence of the True Gods of Krynn. Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow
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