True Sight Saga
by the Miiro and Lord Terrence
Book Two:
Summer of Flame
What happened last time: Raistlin had watched Palin die, cut down by the Dark Queen when she had interfered with Palin's Test of High Sorcery. When he woke up he was confronted with not only being normal, but everyone had mistaken him for his nephew. Raistlin, against his own better judgement but unable to find the words, found he just didn't have the heart to tell anyone the truth and began to live a 'merciful deception' and gave his own identity up to live on as Palin. After Tanin, his elder nephew, figured him out, Raistlin began to realize it was a bit more difficult to keep up the facade than he had originally put stock. We left off with Raistlin recovering from a grievious injury...
Summary: Raistlin continues to live life as his nephew Palin Majere, but when the Summer of Chaos begins, will he find that his duty as a Guardian takes precedence, or will he find a way to continue the Merciful Deception?
Rating: PG-13 for violence/swearing, the occasional sick and twisted joke, and one romantic scene.
Authors' Notes:
Miiro: Just when Raistlin thought it was safe to almost forget who he is...
Lord Terrence: Are we at it again? Yup, thought so...
A Brief Excerpt of where we left off last time (or, if you prefer, the PROLOG):
Raistlin awoke in the night to regard the ghostly form of a woman in his room. Except it wasn't Marion. In fact, it wasn't any woman he remembered. This one wore ancient Red Robes and looked at him sadly as she kissed his forehead. "Heal fast, Guardian. I sense things are moving quickly now."
"Who are you?" he asked.
She smiled, and her, Tarsian?, accented voice whispered, "Someday, maybe I will tell you, but know I have watched your progress for a very, very long time. I mourned when you fell, and I rejoiced when I saw you again, redeemed. You, my old friend, my greatest failure, yet my greatest victory... ah... but I've already told you too much. Rest well, Raistlin, Guardian Avatar of the Miiro."
With that a lone ray of the red moon penetrated his room and she disappeared. "Lunitari?" he wondered.
Maybe, but she had never appeared to him like that. He put his head in his hands and groaned, "Now what have I gotten myself into?"
Meanwhile, in Neraka, a set of armored figures walked into the Temple of the Dark Queen. The lead one, kneeled before her alter. "My Dark Queen, my All-Seeing General, I ask a boon..."
In his mind, he felt her pleased touch, What is it you ask, Ariakan?
"I ask to form a Knighthood, dedicated to your vindication, organized to do your absolute will, and for the progress you will bring," he then explained his plan to form what would come to be known as the Knights of Takhisis...