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Venerate believe that Shammaeloth is their god, El. They believe that when “El” reaches Deilannis, they will be able to change the past and undo all of the crimes that they have committed in El’s name. Realizing that this was a lie, Devaed switched sides and created the Boundary to keep Shammaeloth away from Deilannis. Deilannis is destroyed, and the last survivors become the Lyth. Caeden plans to close the Rift to the Darklands and ensure that the two realms remain separate forever. To do so, he must kill all Augurs and all of the Venerate, including himself. The Venerate can only be killed by Licanius, which is currently being held north of the Boundary.
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Caeden visits various points on the timeline. He meets Niha and her infant son. He realizes that she and
Raeleth are Davian’s parents, and arranges for Davian to be placed at the school in Caladel. He says farewell to his deceased wife, Eliavia. Finally, he returns to the past where he assumed that
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Boundary. He is transported to Zvaelar, a city that exists outside of time. Davian meets Tal’kamar/Caeden there. (Due to time travel, this version of Tal’kamar has not yet experienced some of the events that Davian remembers). While there, he meets people who
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Tributary without shutting down the Boundary. Wirr learns of a prophecy that Ilin Illan will soon be destroyed. Wirr’s uncle, King Andras, is killed when monsters attack the city. Caeden defeats the monsters and destroys Ilin Illan in the
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Shining Lands, inhabited by the Darecians. This was done so that the surviving Darecians would one day create the city of Deilannis, and with it a time-traveling device. Shammaeloth, a demon, hopes to use the device to bring the Darklands into
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Desriel, a neighboring country. Caeden retrieves Licanius from Shammaeloth and kills Nethgalla. He is stabbed by Licanius; he does not die, but his life expectancy is severely limited by the wound.
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