Elminster meets danger and ridicule at every turn as he desperately defends the legacy of the goddess Mystra, mother of magic Commanded by the vestige of Mystra to work together, Manshoon and Elminster engage instead in a ferocious battle that sends the Sage plummeting into the Underdark as a cloud of ashes. Weakened but committed to the task set out for him, Elminster sets forth to rally Cormyr's Wizards of War. Along the way, the great mage seeks blueflame items to mend the immense rifts throughout the realms and thus prevent the ancient Primordials from rising and unleashing their rage. However, evil lies at every turn, and Elminster’s sworn enemy, Mansoon, has plans of his own. He wants to conquer Cormyr, become its new Emperor—and hunt down the Sage's clones. The battles are fiercer than ever, the stakes have never been higher, and the fate of Cormyr is on the line.