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Tolivar tried to banish his desperation as he listened to the rain beating at his
bedchamber window. It was a sound that provoked sleep. Several times the
Prince found his eyes closing and managed to snap back into wakefulness. But
the time passed so slowly, and the raindrops' drumming was so monotonous, that
eventually he could not help drifting off.

Once again, the familiar nightmare began.

It had haunted him for the past two years: the rumbling terror of the great
earthquake, smoke from burning buildings, himself a sniveling captive, his small-
boy fear colored with the guilt of betrayal. And then miraculous escape! A

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sudden surge of courage in his heart that had emboldened him to take the great
treasure! In the dream, he vowed to use it and become a hero. He would save the
city of Derorguila from the attacking army, save his royal parents and all the
embattled people. Even though he was only eight years old, he would do it by
commanding magic…

In the dream, he used the magical device, and they all died.

All of them. Loyal defenders and vicious invaders, the King, the Queen, his
brother and sister, even the Lady of the Eyes and the Archimage Haramis
herself, dead because of the magic he had wrought! A great pile of bodies lay in
the bloody snow of the palace courtyard outside Zotopanion Keep, and he
himself was the only one left alive.

But how could it have happened? Was it really his fault?

He fled the horrible scene, running through the devastated city. Snow fell thickly
from a dark sky, and the gale wind that drove it spoke with the voice of a man:

Tola! Tola, listen to me! I know you have my talisman. I saw you take it four
years ago. Beware, foolish Prince! The things magic can kill you as easily as it
killed the others. You will never learn to use it safely. Give it back! Tola, do you
hear me? Leave it out there in the Mazy Mire. I will come for it. Tola, listen! Tola
—

"No! It's mine! Mine!"

The Prince woke with a start. He was safe in his own bedroom in Ruwenda
Citadel. Thunder was faintly audible through the thick stone walls, and the echo

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