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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MerricB" data-source="post: 6168699" data-attributes="member: 3586">For those interested in what the Sundering is actually doing this book:* Abeir and Toril are separating again* The gates to the Shadowfell are becoming weaker* Arcane Magic shifts as the effects of the Spellplague fade, back to more like its previous form (the casters need to change how they cast spells again).We also get a prophetic sonnet:Enjoy the play when shadows steal the day...All the world is half the world for those who learn to walk.To feast on fungus soft and peel the sunlit stalk;Tarry not in place, for in their sleep the gods do stay.But care be known, be light of foot and soft of voice.Dare not stir divine to hasten Sunder's day!A loss profound but a short ways away;The inevitable tear shall't be of, or not of, choice.Oh, aye, again the time wandering of lonely world!With kingdoms lost and treasures past the finger's tip,And enemies that stink of their god's particular flavor.Sundered and whole, across the celestial spheres are hurled,Beyond the reach of dweomer and the wind-walker's ship;With baubles left for the ones the gods do favor.Yes, it's a particular bad poem. It's a pity that it isn't actually in the form of a Shakespearian sonnet (iambic pentameter and rhyming scheme) as it'd make it easier to read. Does it mean anything to anyone?Cheers!</blockquote>