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The Elemenstor Cycle, Book 12 : End of the Hierarch Wars (Colloquially, Elemenstors: Spring Break '2,167)

Dust Jacket Notes

The adventures of Sierra Vanity continue in the latest installment of the Elemenstor Saga. The Hierarch Wars do not go well, and all seems lost for the forces of good. But is everything what it seems? That which lurks in Castle Ominousness could turn the tide of battle! This triumphant conclusion to the Hierarch Wars features a cast of billions, and a world-shattering climax the likes of which no reader has ever read! You owe it to yourself to read this book! This tale is so epic you can only appreciate it properly if you own the 6th Limited Edition!

Notes

This book marks the pinnacle of Tycho Brahe's writing (or his ghostwriter, if you believe some rumors). It is in TEotHW that the many great unresolved plot threads from the previous books were finally tied together. The Blossomwand now sundered, the love affair of Ekezenthal and Arkazanthal finally ended in marriage in what was, despite the many epic battles, arguably the best-written scene in the Cycle. As many astute readers suspected, the Elemenstor of Light was finally revealed to be a traitor working for the Dark Elemenstors. It also saw the return of the Ronard Dynasty, as it is revealed that the beloved Sierra Vanity is a direct descendant. And though she dies in a heart-wrenching battle in the opening of the book, her son becomes Ronard the Medium and functions as the main non-Elemenstor protagonist during the book.

All that said, there were also a few glaring omissions in TEotHW which left some fans a little disappointed, such as the ultimate fate of Ubrith and her quest to destroy the evil Spiral Doom. For a book that had been so complete in other areas, the missing plots were a little confusing. Many believe that some important chapters had to be cut because the book was already getting so epic that it would have to be split into two smaller novels.

The book is notable for featuring seventeen final battles. A new record in heroic fiction.

Many die-hard fans still refuse to acknowledge Book 13, and claim that TEotHW is the true end of the The Elemenstor Cycle.

Key Events in the Story

Picking up the cliffhanger where The Hierarch Wars Continue ended, this thrilling conclusion contains no less than seventeen final battles. A list of some of the mighty deeds performed within:

• In the opening Battle of the Moonlit Banners Sierra Vanity is killed shortly after discovering her true lineage. Her son, Ron, and husband Guddboy Lad swear vengeance.

• The perpetually on-again, off-again Elemenstor couple Ekezenthal and Arkazanthal wed, the night before facing certain epic death at Battlefield Mort. The subsequent battle is won with surprisingly few casualties.

• Cubby is resurrected in the midst of the Battle of Splinters and is critical to the destruction of The Ambulatator, one of The Eight Elemental Constructs , but refuses to aid in the Wars.

• Elemenstor Prigglesnap, during the course of a particularly moving soliloquy, reveals to the reader that he has, at last, determined the location of the legendary Hat of Destiny, much to the surprise of Mordichai Alamede (and his amazing jingle).

• The Elemenstor of Light, Ray Charebet, is revealed to have been an astral projection of Char Reyarteb. He has been working with the Dark Elemenstors secretly to bring about his own resurrection since Book 11.

• Elemenstor Prigglesnap is slain by a colorful fellow named Twiddles who mistook him for a Dark Elemenstor.

• Amberberry is captured and killed by Brezgar Two-Eye and his War Men after their routing at the Windfield Plains. Elemenstor Zuumont swears an epic oath of Blood Vengeance, but is then talked out of it by Knobble the desk.

• Finally, at the Battle of Freedom's Peril, the Elemenstors come face to face with Char Reyarteb, freed from his doorknob prison, who is attempting to summon his one-time ally MooMaa the Dyemon-Ghost. In an epically titanic duel, the Elemenstors are fought to the point of exhaustion, and Guddboy Lad slain - but Ron, son of Sierra Vanity, vanquishes the dark lord and accepts his destiny as a descendant of King Ronard the Magic Sword King.

• In the Final Scene (until Book 13), Ron - now Ronard the Medium - ascends his throne to the cheers and approbation of all the peoples of Battal, except of course the evil ones.

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