An old dwarven chieftain leads a tribe of Hylar in a migration across Ansalon pursuing a new home. Hordes of dangerous outsiders are sweeping the countryside. In Kal Thax the Hylar come upon squabbling dwarven clans and knit them into the new nation of Thorbardin. But a Theiwar assassin precipitates a civil war, a curse is fulfilled, and a child is born destined to become the Father of Kings.

Genre: Fantasy