The King That Will Be

In The King That Will Be, Syndycyr finally succeeds in luring Mistra to his stronghold with the intention of forcing her to work the magic of the artifact to free him rather than Eliander. In an adventure that involves Mosaia, Habie, and the High King of the Carotian Union as well as Mistra, his plan is thwarted, and the questors arrive safely on the plane where Eliander lies sleeping. Here their real work begins, for Eliander's mind was separated from his body and kept in trust by a band of otherworldly healers till those sent by the Carotian Pantheon came to free him. His mind must not only be reintegrated, it must be retrained in all of the skills the questors possess in abundance, by the questors. Once his mind is healed, Eliander turns out to be skilled, gracious, kind, bright, and powerful as both warrior and mage—in short, he is the king out of legend for whom the entire Union has been hoping.  Does that mean it's a breeze getting him back to Thalas and on his throne? Nope.