Chapters 7 - 12 Summary

In Chapter 7 King Stephen, Queen Anne and Trian are in the upper room of the monastery listening to the dragons prepare to leave with Bane. Anne cries out she wants to see her son again and the king tells her no. The king asks Trian if Trian told Hugh about the enchantment on the prince. Trian replies that a man as hard and cold as Hugh would not have believed him. Trian says that they must trust in Hugh's skill to take care of the problem and if Hugh does not then they should prepare for the end.

In Chapter 8 the reader is taken to the lower realm where Limbeck Bolttightner is in his dwelling in Het, the oldest city on Drevlin, composing a speech. Limbeck is a Geg although in most languages he would be known as a dwarf. Limbeck's...