A Darkness at Sethanon | Short Essay Answer Key

Short Essay Answer Key

1. What is troubling everyone in the Prologue?

In the Prologue, a wind from the south is troubling everyone. It seems to bring evil with it. It chills a woman watching children in a nursery. It stirs a young man making a list to grab a knife. It races out to sea, disturbing the captain and first mate of a ship. In a forest, an old elf and a human warrior part company when the wind approaches. A band of men hiding on a ridge feel the wind and know a battle will be soon.

2. What about Jimmy threatens to turn the Prince of Krondor's court into chaos?

Jimmy threatens to turn the Prince of Krondor's court into chaos because of his disregard for the trivial. As Senior Squire, he was supposed to be first at assembly, but as usual, he was most likely to...
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