Infuriated, the File amass an army to fight the Black Company, despite the protests of the Court of All Seasons and the monks of Khang Phi. Sleepy reveals it was partially a ruse in order to steal knowledge from the libraries to reopen the Shadowgate. Soon after, the File and the leaders of the Company meet at the mountainside libraries at Khang Phi, to continue negotiations. Entering the Abode of Ravens at night, she finally kills her main prey, the venerable One-Eye, before being repelled by Lady. In addition, Croaker and his wife Lady are concerned about Tobo, now a formidable wizard, who has almost magnetically attracted supernatural creatures called Unknown Shadows whose loyalties are strictly to the young man and not to the Company itself.Įvents quickly escalate after an old enemy, the forvalaka Lisa Daele Bowalk, returns to exact her revenge. Many of the Old Crew have since died, including the resilient Otto and Hagop, which leaves Croaker isolated in a Company he now barely recognizes. This was the insane sorcerer who had brutally ruled over Hsien decades before his appearance in the homeworld's own Shadowlands. However, the Company is in far from a perfect situation, as the ruling faction of Hsien, the File of Nine, demands that the Company hand over their main bargaining chip: the prisoner Longshadow. Notably, they are still not in service to any employer.Īside from the occasional foodstuffs being raided by native rock apes, there has been no real violence for years. This is all in order to eventually re-enter the homeworld and overthrow Soulcatcher's Protectorate. Here they have built up a town called the Abode of Ravens where the Company has been training, amassing thousands of new recruits from the new world, and recovering the ancient riches buried under Shivetya's fortress with no name.

Sleepy has taken over the role of Captain of the Black Company who now reside in Hsien, or the Land of Unknown Shadows, another world linked to the glittering plain. Plot summary At the Abode of Ravens įour years have passed since the Captured were freed from the cave of the ancients. 3.2.3 Russian (2001 AST Golden Fantasy).3.2.2 Russian (2001 AST Dragon Age Chronicles).3 Global publication and translation history.1.9 The arrangement between Shivetya and Croaker.1.6 Battle at the Shadowlander cemetery.

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