“After pulling down the Darkhold, Kandol retired to Tar-Vydael, his tower atop the Mountain of Clouds.  Weary from the toils of his labor, he hoped to devote his days to the study of the Balance and leave the fate of the world to other, more deserving heroes.  The promise his parents had made to the Maiden and the Beast Lord amidst the Stones of Jahar so long ago, the vow that had bound him in secrecy and forced him to lie to those he loved, had been repaid at last, or so he thought.  But the Balance did not agree.”    Jerilyn of Colcester