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the heel of the undcad Storm King. The only hope comes from a pro-
phetic poem that seems to suggest that "three swords" might help turn
back Ineluki's powerful magic.

One of the swords is the Storm King's Sorrow, already in (he hands of
their enemy. King Elias. Another is the Rimmersgard blade Minneyar,
which was also once at the Hayholt, but whose whereabouts are now
unknown. The third is Thorn, black sword of King John's greatest knight,
Sir Camaris. Jamauga and others think they have traced it to a location in
the frozen north. On this slim hope, Josua sends Binabik, Simon, and
several soldiers off" in search of Thorn, even as Naglimund prepares for
siege.

Others are affected by the growing crisis. Princess Miriamele, frustrated
by her uncle Josua's attempts to protect her, escapes Naglimund in
disguise, accompanied by the mysterious monk Cadrach. She hopes to make
her way to southern Nabban and plead with her relatives there to aid
Josua. Old Duke Isgrimnur, at Josua's urging, disguises his own very

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recognizable features and follows after to rescue her. Tiamak, a swamp-
dwelling Wrannaman scholar, receives a strange message from his old
mentor Morgcncs that tells of bad times coming and hints thatTiamak has
a part to play. Mae^win, daughter of the king of Hernystir, watches
helplessly as her own family and country are drawn into a whirlpool of

war by the treachery of High King Elias.

Simon and Binabik and their company are ambushed by In^en je^er,
huntsman of Stormspikc, and his servants. They are saved only by the
reappearance of the SithaJt'nfel, whom Simon had saved from the cotsman's
trap. When he learns of their quest, Jiriki decides to accompany them to
Urmsheim mountain, legendary abode of one of the great dragons, in

search of Thorn.

By the time Simon and the others reach the mountain. King Elias has

brought his besieging army to Josua's castle at Naglimund, and though
the first attacks arc repulsed, the defenders suffer great losses. At last Ellas'
forces seem to retreat and give up the siege, but before the stronghold's
inhabitants can celebrate, a weird storm appears on the northern horizon,
bearing down on Naglimund. The storm is the cloak under which Ineluki's
own horrifying army ofNorns and giants travels, and when the Red Hand.
the Storm King's chief servants, throw down Naglimund's gates, a terri-
ble slaughter begins. Josua and a few others manage to flee the ruin of the
castle. Before escaping into the great forest. Prince Josua curses Elias for his