Oberon was delighted to be able to take the White Dragon to Neverwinter Forest.
Though he was small, he actually liked large animals... he had often ridden elk when traveling in the past.
The Beast Lord quickly led the Fey from the Floating Castle toward White Dragon Mountain.
"So, did something happen in Tethyr that I absolutely had to be told about?" Only after turning it over in his mind did Hill realize that Lynn would not have contacted him merely to tell him that Lady Shar, maintaining her usual style and standards, had split Tethyr apart.
That Princess Zandalar was playing the Arcanists card. After Edna returned to the Magic Weave, failure was only natural... the only reason she had merely lost half was because Shar wanted a divided Tethyr.
After all, once she occupied Chult, conflict with Amaunator's followers in Calimshan was inevitable... and no one knew whether the Arcanists would return to the embrace of the old Sun God they had gotten killed.
Shar certainly could not allow Zandalar, backed by the Arcanists, to rise to power.
Yet although the other queen's path to the throne certainly bore the handiwork of Shar's followers, she was bound to represent Shadowdale's forces.
Those were Elminster's disciples and descendants. How could Shar possibly allow them to grow too powerful?
If someone came to uphold justice while her own followers and the Sun God's followers were locked in a desperate battle, Shar would probably turn hostile.
And for the moment, Shar did not want any direct confrontation with the new Goddess of Magic.
It was certainly not because of any old friendship or because she happened to like Edna... to the Lady of the Night, the only exception was William, along with the Undead attached to him.
The main reason she