“Kandol was a person of purpose, Tarik, a lord of great import with a destiny to fulfill. The sad thing is, he devoted his life to the pursuit of knowledge, yet never understood the truth until the end. His time in the Grove, his studies in Alyrre, his years on the Mountain of Clouds, these shaped him into what he was – a sorcerer, an Earthmage, a priest, and a healer. But, more than anything, he was an agent of the Balance, its designate to fulfill the Prophecies. That night in Indalle, he learned from Embyrl the truth of the threat he posed to the Dark Lord, though it took him millennia to accept it. Jerilyn of Colcester