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Ahren's life consists of being beaten up by his drunkard father or bullied by the village lads. But at the annual suitability tests for apprenticeships, the young boy finds himself selected by Falk, the guardian of the forest, to be his apprentice and his world is turned upside down.

The siege of the Brazen City has been lifted and the Paladin Bergen remains free. Following their victory, Ahren and his companions continue on their travels, this time to the Southern Jungles in search of information regarding the whereabouts of the female Paladin, Sunju. The journey is long and dangerous. Not only must they traverse the Nameless Desert and the untamed primeval forest, but hired assassins are hot on their heels along the Spear Path. And to top it all, the consequences of Jelninolan's extended absence from Evergreen could be fatal to her....

Time is running out for Ahren as he and Khara leave their companions under cover of darkness and make their way to the Eternal Empire. The Pall Cloud is spreading relentlessly, yet the full complement of 13 Paladins have still not gathered together. But the couple are finding it impossible to find a way through to the notoriously draconian and reclusive empress, and all their attempts to enlist her support in the war against the Adversary seem doomed to failure once Ahren falls into the clutches of Quin-Wa's Peace Sentinels.

Things are coming to a head for Ahren and his companions. It is true that they have won the Paladins Fisker and Aluna over to their cause in the campaign against the Adversary, but the Pall Pillar is going through an ominous change.

Success at last! Ahren and his companions have revived the alliance of the Jorathian peoples. But there is little time for celebration, for while the defensive ring around the Pall Cloud is being strengthened with Dwarfish assistance, Ahren and his friends are already on their way to answer the Wrath Elves' cry for help in the Forest of Ire, from within whose depths mysterious dangers are threatening to destroy the Elven forest and all life forms within it. Time is running out.

The Paladins are still short one of their number for them to finally be considered a complete fighting force—the thirteen Champions of the gods. Hence, Ahren and his friends, make their way onto the Ice Fields in the far south, following what scant clues there are in their efforts to track down the man considered to be the father of all Forest Guardians and who was last seen hunting down the fearsome dragon, Four Claws. An odyssey on sea and ice awaits them

Ahren can hardly believe his luck. His apprenticeship finally comes to an end, and Khara's interest in him is growing by the minute. He and his companions leave the Southern Jungles and sail westward, this time in search of two Paladins, who are apparently living a peaceful existence on one of the Isles of the Cutlass Sea. Yet their quest proves full of difficulties, for a war among the pirates has transformed the Cutlass Sea into a bubbling cauldron, hiding its own tragic drama.

The Thirteenth Paladin and his companions are finally reunited with each other and have found a worthy ally in the Eternal Empress—another Paladin who will take part in the war against the Adversary. But the effects of Ahren's journey through the empire have left their mark on him. And so, they all set off to Thousand Halls, the original home of the dwarfs, in the hope of finding the mysterious Father of the Mountain who will surely help Ahren in his recovery. If all goes to plan, the nations of Jorath will at last unite. Yet Ahren and his companions have underestimated the enemy....

Hardly have they left the Forest of Ire and its horrors behind them when the Thirteenth Paladin decides to head for the Green Sea with his friends to fulfil his old promise of bringing the necromancer to justice, who has been holding the fertile lands surrounding the horse people and their Paladin, Blazing Eyes, in his bony grip for far too long. But it is not alone the necromancer with his deadly traps who is testing the companions.

Ahren's enormous undertaking to unite the thirteen Paladins has, following years of dangerous journeying, come to a successful conclusion. Now there is only one task left for him to complete. He must lead the Champions of the gods, his other friends, and the free peoples of Jorath in an assault on the Obsidian Fortress. Yet the Adversary is intent on foiling his archenemies' plan before they reach his hordes lurking behind the compound walls. The Dark god's scheme is to spring the trap that was set centuries earlier in preparation for just such an event.

Hardly have Ahren and his fellow adventurers returned to Deepstone following his Naming as Thirteenth Paladin when troubling news forces them into action again. They learn through the Ancients that one of their kind, the Paladin Bergen Olgitram, along with his band of mercenaries, the Blue Cohorts, are being besieged within the Brazen City by the headstrong Sun Emperor.

Ahren and his companions journey on to Evergreen, finding new courage after the traumas of the Green Sea. Setting off, then, to traverse the continent in search of the missing Paladin Yollock, it isn't long before they find themselves sucked into a maelstrom of adventures involving a woman who has been robbed, a desperate Cape Verstaad grandee, not to mention a cutthroat city which proves itself a veritable nest of ne'er-do-wells. Controlled by the brilliant assassin Reik Silvermantle, this hub of lawlessness and immorality presents Ahren and his friends with one of their greatest challenges.

In modern London, Detective Grayson Steel works on Scotland Yard’s most uncomfortable cases. While investigating the mysterious death of a young woman, he discovers secrets that normal people are oblivious to and is dragged into a hidden society that exists alongside the human world. The Nebula Convicto has to deal with secret councils, magical assaults, and beings that usually exist only in fables and myths. Within this magical community, Steel is supposed to take on the role of a special investigator in order to find a girl who has been kidnapped as quickly as possible.

Ahren can hardly believe his luck. His normal life consists of being beaten up by his drunkard father or bullied by the village lads. But at the annual suitability tests for apprenticeships, the young boy finds himself selected by Falk, the guardian of the forest, to be his apprentice and his world is turned upside down. From his new master he learns the skills of archery and how to fight the Dark Ones. And then, on the day of the Spring Ceremony there is another unexpected turn of events. He touches the Stone of the Gods and it illuminates for the first time ever.

Two Einhans have been found but the third is still at large. Ahren and his companions have to traverse a kingdom plagued by unrest, sail along the treacherous east coast of Jorath and reach the dwarf enclave of Silver Cliff. Falk, Ahren's master hopes to find in its depths the third Einhan, a dwarf friend from his mercenary days, and to win him over for the Ritual of Naming that awaits his apprentice. To gain the dwarf's assistance, they must help him in his solitary watch, that tradition of the little people which allows a dwarf to attain his own individual name.

Die Belagerung der Ehernen Stadt ist beendet und der Paladin Bergen bleibt auf freiem Fuß. Nach diesem Erfolg zieht es Ahren und seine Gefährten in den südlichen Dschungel, wo sie Hinweisen über den Verbleib eines weiblichen Paladins nachgehen wollen. Die Reise ist lang und gefahrvoll, denn nicht nur müssen sie die Namenlose Wüste und den ungezähmten Urwald durchqueren, auch die Gefahr durch gedungene Attentäter bleibt auf dem Schwertpfad eine konstante Bedrohung und schließlich fordert Jelninolans lange Abwesenheit aus dem Immergrün ihren Tribut und es drohen tödliche Konsequenzen.

Zwei Einhan sind gefunden, einer steht noch aus. Ahren und seine Gefährten müssen ein von Unruhen geplagtes Reich durchqueren und die gefahrvolle Ostküste Joraths entlangsegeln, um die Zwergenenklave des Silbernen Kliffs zu erreichen. Ahrens Meister Falk hofft, in dessen Tiefen einen zwergischen Freund aus Söldnertagen als dritten Einhan für das Ritual der Ernennung seines Waldläuferlehrlings gewinnen zu können.

Ich bin der Custos, der Wächter. Ich bin der Schild der Quadriga.« November 1887. Caoimhe ›Kiwa‹ O’Shea, jüngst zum Custos der Ratsquadriga ernannt, dürstet es nach Gerechtigkeit für Yifan Zhangs Opfer! Ihre durchaus ehrenhafte Absicht trifft auf eine überaus ehrenlose Gegnerin. Und während die Zauberin geradezu spielerisch und mit scheinbar grenzenloser Tücke agiert, führt sie der Quadriga deren Grenzen deutlich vor Augen und verfolgt dabei ihre eigenen Pläne. Wieder und wieder fragt sich Kiwa, ob sie dieser Gegnerin gewachsen ist.

Von seinem trunksüchtigen Vater verprügelt und von der Dorfjugend schikaniert, kann der heranwachsende Ahren sein Glück kaum fassen, als er bei der alljährlichen Eignungsprüfung von Falk, dem Waldläufer als Lehrling auserwählt wird. Bei ihm lernt er das Bogenschießen und den Kampf gegen Dunkelwesen, bis am Tag der Frühlingszeremonie etwas Unerwartetes geschieht: Als Ahren den Götterstein berührt, beginnt dieser zum ersten Mal überhaupt zu leuchten. Kurze Zeit später taucht ein mürrischer Magier auf und treibt Falk und Ahren zur Eile an, denn etwas Böses ist dabei, zu erwachen.

"Mister Broken Tree geht es gut. Dem Sasquatch leider nicht." November 1887. Für Caoimhe "Kiwa" O’Shea ist nichts mehr so, wie es einmal war. Die Welt hinter dem Nebel – die Nebula Convicto – ist wie eine Lawine über sie gekommen und hat ihr altes Leben als Polizeifotografin hinfortgerissen. Zwischen Zauberinnen und Zauberern, Gestaltwandlern und Nachtstreifern, Unendlicher Legion und Nebelwacht sucht sie ihre Rolle und ihre Zukunft – und stößt dabei auf die Vergangenheit und uralte Talente, die man besser nicht heraufbeschwören sollte. Es sei denn, man ist der Macht der Cailleach gewachsen.