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Epilogue
In their journey, the heroes discovered many new facets of their world. The reverence the clans of the Plains of Dust offer to the Grandfather tree, the perfidy of the bloodthirsty raiders in the lands of the Khur, the Silvanesti diaspora, the slow death of the elven forest, and the perils faced daily by the peaceful sea elves all provide opportunities for further exploration. There are many stories yet to tell in the Fifth Age. Narrators who wish to continue such tales can explore the following ideas. Dimernesti The Dimernesti have never been officially introduced to the magic of the new age. Cut off as they are from the surface world, the wide breadth of modern magic is unknown to the sea elves. Players who teach them more of the new magic will offer a gift that the Dimernesti could never repay. At present, few sea elves have natural magical talent beyond the racial ability to adopt sea otter form: Some elf healers find themselves using the power of the spirit instinctively, and Ebrin has developed an unexplainable "wild talent" in animism into a translation skill he can manipulate. However, no sea elf now has better than a "B" code in Reason or Spirit. Formal training in healing, sensing danger, improving the yield of food plants, and manipulating the waters would greatly aid the elves in rebuilding their society. Heroes can offer to begin their education or to bring representatives from the Citadel of Light and Academy of Sorcery to Dimernesti. Goldmoon The heroes might investigate the question of who engineered the attack on Goldmoon. Palin has never heard of the people the assassins claim to serve. Has a new faction entered the race for dominance of Ansalon? What motivates them? How are they trained? Grandfather Perhaps the heroes seek to learn more about the World Tree, or "Grandfather," as the peoples of the Plains of Dust call it. What powers does it have? Is it a font of mystic energy? Does it represent a gift of the god Zivilyn? Might someone seek to use it for Evil ends? The Silvanesti Shield The Silvanesti Forest seems to be dying. Is history repeating itself in Silvanesti - will the enchanted wood once again become a nightmare? Perhaps someone has placed the forest under a terrible curse. But who? The heroes could link up with the agents of the Legion of Steel in the Missing City (see "An Alternate Route" sidebar in Act Two) to determine the fate of the insular Silvanesti elves. Wings Over Ansalon Such adventures may have to wait, however. As the heroes wash ashore in Port Balifor (described in Chapter Three of The Magic Within), the shadow dragon swoops in with a message from Palin: Malys seeks to become a goddess! The heroes had heard that the Red Marauder sought to return Takhisis to Krynn, but to take her place as the Queen of Dragons? Could this blasphemous plan have something to do with the spell Khellendros is planning and his obsession with collecting artifacts to power it? And, if so, does the Blue Dragon seek to aid Malystryx... or stop her? The only way for the heroes to find out is to travel quickly with their artifacts to the Window to the Stars in eastern Khur, for Malys's godhood ceremony is imminent. The Wings of Fury supplement concludes this epic quest.
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