Shadows of the Past - The Rise and Fall of a Dragon King Chapter 5
Book: The Rise and Fall of a Dragon King | Author: Lynn Abbey | Series: Chronicles of Athas, Book 5
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The Nether Scroll Chapter 5: Into Weathercote Wood and the Reaver Attack
Book: The Nether Scroll | Author: Lynn Abbey | Series: Lost Empires, Book 4 | ISBN: 0-7869-1566-8
Remember how Rozt’a swore she’d show the goblin “the flat of her sword” if he came back? That lasted about six hours.
Xantcha Frees Ratepe From Slavery
Previous: Xantcha Arrives in Efuan Pincar
This chapter is about two people who don’t trust each other trying to survive together. It’s also about what freedom actually means when you’ve lost everything.
The Nether Scroll Chapter 4: Suspicion, a Goblin, and Netherese Silver in Parnast
Book: The Nether Scroll | Author: Lynn Abbey | Series: Lost Empires, Book 4 | ISBN: 0-7869-1566-8
So here’s where the family drama really kicks in.
The Weight of Command - The Rise and Fall of a Dragon King Chapter 4
Book: The Rise and Fall of a Dragon King | Author: Lynn Abbey | Series: Chronicles of Athas, Book 5
Xantcha Arrives in Efuan Pincar
Previous: Xantcha’s Phyrexian Origins and the Sphere
Xantcha wakes up from her memories just in time to avoid crashing into a tree. That’s the kind of chapter opening that sets the tone for what’s ahead.
Champions and Wars - The Rise and Fall of a Dragon King Chapter 3
Book: The Rise and Fall of a Dragon King | Author: Lynn Abbey | Series: Chronicles of Athas, Book 5
The Nether Scroll Chapter 3: Storm Over Parnast
Book: The Nether Scroll by Lynn Abbey | Series: Lost Empires, Book 4 | ISBN: 0-7869-1566-8
30 Eleasias, the Year of the Banner (1368 DR)
A dust storm blows in from the Anauroch desert that night. It lasts three days. Hot as a fire pit, sharp with grit. The locals wrap their faces like desert nomads and tell the visitors helpful things like “This is nothing” and “You should have been here last year, we didn’t see the sun for twenty days.”
Xantcha's Phyrexian Origins and the Sphere
Previous: Xantcha and The Antiquity Wars
This chapter is almost entirely flashback, and it’s one of the best pieces of worldbuilding in Magic: The Gathering fiction. We get Xantcha’s full origin story, and Phyrexia has never felt more real or more horrifying.
The Lion King's Past - The Rise and Fall of a Dragon King Chapter 2
Book: The Rise and Fall of a Dragon King | Author: Lynn Abbey | Series: Chronicles of Athas, Book 5