EpilogueHammevaro rode out of Bluehaven satisfied with the results of his poisoning of the wine for the banquet. Admittedly, all of the dukes had not died, but enough had, and the king was no more. Ideally all the royal family would have died. It was just unfortunate that the Crown Prince's wife had chosen that time to go into labour. Still, with a young, inexperienced man on the throne, and a number of inexperienced dukes and duchesses, the country was in enough chaos for an invasion to be successful. He thought that the Master would be pleased.
He trotted his horse along the road towards Eribore, whistling to himself. His horse seemed to pick up his mood as they rode through wooded countryside and danced a little until Hammevaro brought it under control. The birds sang in the trees and
