The lady spoke to me. It's already started. Shadows crawl out of the desert south towards the rich cities of Sembia. “Be brave, little man,” said the shadow man, and the boy thought his voice was surprisingly soft. "Stay with your mother. This will end soon." The shadows consumed him and he disappeared. On the brink of a war that would change the face of Faerûn, the world would discover that not all shadows serve the Shade.