Sotirasivi flees Ek'harj, sensing tremendous turmoil and unrest there. He returns to Tailaphon.
Ek'harj is on the verge of civil war. Anti-magic cults have formed in the population and every uprising leads to harsher and harsher crackdowns by the ruling mages. Thelisus decided to leave as things are starting to become particularly turbulent. He returns home to Tailaphon, where he begins to make his way into powerful circles, eventually becoming a close friend and advisor to the prince, Icarex.