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The Nether Scroll Chapter 2: Fifteen Years Later at Dawn Pass

Book: The Nether Scroll by Lynn Abbey | Series: Lost Empires, Book 4 | ISBN: 0-7869-1566-8

28 Eleasias, the Year of the Banner (1368 DR)

Fifteen years. That’s the time jump between Chapter 1 and Chapter 2. One chapter ago, Druhallen was a teenager with a broken wrist swearing vengeance on a hilltop. Now he’s a grown man leaning against a rough-plank wall in a Zhentarim village called Parnast, and his wrist still aches when he thinks about Ansoain.

The Nether Scroll Chapter 1: A Caravan Along the Vilhon Reach

Book: The Nether Scroll by Lynn Abbey | Series: Lost Empires, Book 4 | ISBN: 0-7869-1566-8

12 Flamerule, the Year of the Arch (1353 DR)

The book opens with two young wizards sitting on horses, watching other people fix a broken cartwheel, and gossiping. That’s it. That’s how we meet Druhallen and Galimer. And honestly? It’s a perfect introduction because it tells you exactly who these two are before anything dramatic happens.

The Nether Scroll by Lynn Abbey: A Forgotten Realms Retelling

So here’s the thing. The Forgotten Realms has this massive shelf of tie-in novels, and most people know the big names. Drizzt. Elminster. The characters who show up on every “best D&D books” list. But there are entire series buried in that catalog that tell genuinely interesting stories, and the Lost Empires series is one of them.