Brothers Majere by Weis, Margaret

Brothers Majere by Weis, Margaret

Brothers Majere

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I would like to thank the following people for their indispensable aid:

Margaret Weis, the Queen of Darkness, whose teachings and advice are like a much-needed chocolate-covered cattle prod.

Barbara Peekner, my agent, a mysterious voice at the end of the phone.

My friends and other strangers, for encouragement and support.

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Forest of Qualinesti Kharolis Mountains

To Bertram, Library of Palanthas

From Dalamar, Tower of High Sorcery, Palanthas

Greetings,

First, sir, allow me to offer my apologies for startling you and the young scribe when we encountered each other in the great library. I am so accustomed to traveling the paths of sorcery that I forget others are not used to my sudden appearances. I trust that the young scribe is, by now, fully recovered from his unfortunate tumble down the stairs.

My messenger (I hope you are not too put off by its rather ghastly appearance) holds in its “hand” the manuscript which you requested. The material of which I spoke—i.e., a collection of notations written by Raistlin Majere himself concerning his early life—cannot, I am afraid, be delivered to the library. In accordance with his secretive nature, the Shalafi had cast spells of confusion over his books. These spells would not only make it difficult for you to read the books, Bertram, but might actually cause you serious harm.

I have taken it upon myself, therefore, to rewrite the account. All information is complete and accurate to detail as far as I was able to determine from Raistlin’s notes and Caramon Majere’s memory. I searched for the ken-der, .Earwig Lockpicker, who was also a companion during several adventures, but I was unable to find him. (Needless to say, I did not look very hard!)

The material is divided into two parts. The first and shorter of the pieces is titled “Raistlin and the Knight of

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