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Lacuna and Vernon. Che Centaur foaled to Cheiron and Chex Centaur.
Com-Pewter acquires a Castle Roogna magic mirror from a traveler. Princess Ivy, Princess Nada, and
Electra recover the magic mirror from the evil machine.
Ivy invokes the Heaven Cent and is transported to Mundania, where she meets Grey Murphy and brings
him to Xanth. Grey and Ivy encounter the Goblinate of the Golden Horde led by Grotesk Goblin, and
rescue Donkey Centaur. Ivy affiances Grey.
Grey learns his talent at Mount Parnassus: he is a Magician of Nullification. Com-Pewter's plot to take
over Xanth using Grey Murphy is revealed. Magician Murphy and Sorceress Vadne return to Xanth, and
Murphy lays his curse on the geis on Grey to serve Com-Pewter. The geis is thus fouled up, and Grey is
freed to work for Magician Humfrey. Che Centaur is foalnapped by the goblins of Goblin Mountain.
Jenny Elf and Sammy Cat come to Xanth from the World of Two Moons and give comfort to Che.
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Siege of Goblin Mountain, resolved when Che agrees to be Gwenny Goblin's companion, and Gwenny
and Jenny go to live with Che's family.
Prince Dolph marries Electra as she turns eighteen in normal-living time. Humfrey rescues five and a
half wives from Hell, in a fashion. Lacuna's change of life.
Author's Note
I try to discourage my readers from sending in puns and notions, because I have an adequate imagination
of my own and the letters piling in take time to answer. I answered 553 in the first three months of 1990,
and that slowed the start of this novel. But because the story of Good Magician Humfrey covered over a
century of Xanth's history-to be precise, 157 years, from his delivery in 933 to his return in 1090- and
because he is the Magician of Information, there was occasion to see more aspects of Xanth than usual.
So this time I used more reader notions, and I have a bundle of credits to give. Just bear in mind that I
am unlikely to be this free with reader notions again and that I am turned off by fans who pester me with
ideas or puns in the hope of getting their names in print. Indeed, I tend to favor notions by folk who are
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not seeking that kind of recognition.
Here are the names of the contributors, roughly in the order of the appearance of their notions:
Jessica Timins-talent of making others experience vertigo. Tyler Stevenson-Ryver the water boy. Eileen
Kelly-the lie berry. Colette Bezio-Lacuna's ability to free Grey Murphy by changing Com-Pewter's print.
Karen Tsai-literal figures of speech. Miles T. Grant-tics to tell time; marshmallows, wolf spiders, adder,
tumbleweeds, beach heads, bedrock. Cheryl Eisler- MareAnn, who summons equines. Frank Shaskus-
dumbbell. Chris Swanson-werehouse. Anonymous- Chrissy Centaur. (Yes, it is you, Chrissy, but he
won't admit to sending in your name. Ask him and he'll deny it. See? Proof!) Asia Lynn-Dana, the
demoness with a soul. Theresa M. Brown-Key Stone Copse. Amanda Wagner-darklight. Eva Piccininni-
Maiden Taiwan, Deer Abbey. Margaret T. Price-the centaurpede. Margaret is gone from Mundania, but
her nice drawing of this creature remains for Xanth.
While Barbara Hay Hummel sat in her wheelchair and waited for her pain medication to take effect, she
diverted her mind with fancies of Xanth. From this diversion came almost the whole of Rose of Roogna
and her times: her description, her clothing, her nemesis, Muerte A. Fid, her wedding, her distraction by
Dread Redhead, and her sad letter from Hell. Thus it was that I discovered why Humfrey so suddenly
disappeared from Xanth and who had planted the enchanted roses of Castle Roogna.
Phillip Mangum-cross-country snail race. David Davis-moon rock. Stephanie Erb's father-the underload.
(Stephanie's own suggestion, the talent of Erasure, is slated for Xanth 16, Demons Don't Dream.)
Margaret Love-the Cross-face stitch and related poem. Mark A. Mandel-metamagic. Stephen "Bigfoot"
Hasanbuhler-the talent of animating a thing briefly. Beth Stackpole-realized that magic makes love last
in Xanth; it has a harder time in Mundania. Chris Pro-gar-realized that magic dust can bring magic to
Mundania. Yes, that accounts for a lot. Stephen Neal-asked for the background of Crombie the Soldier.
That turned out to be a surprise. Colette Bezio-the problem Iris' parents had raising the Sorceress of
Illusion. W. G. Bliss-Mundania's zip-code directory snafu. Starr Treurniet-the hummingbirds Herman,
Helen, and
Hector. Tonya Espedel-centaur who splits. Susan Tei-telbaum-the Night Stallion's dream for writers. I
wonder how she knew about that? It has hitherto been part of the Literary Conspiracy, hidden from
nonwriters, who think that writing is fun. Amy Pierce-Hugo's blind girlfriend, immune to love and hate
spring. J. D. Norris-Key to Success. Ken Wheeler-Statue of Limitations. Chris and Natalie-Mountain of
Change.
Meanwhile, E. Timber Bram, figuring out obscure dates and events,, compiled the History of Xanth, a
digested portion of which is included in this volume. The complete edition contains a list of the dates for
all the novels, spot biographies of the known kings of Xanth, a chart of the eras and ages of Xanth, a
table of the Mundane Waves of colonization, and genealogies of significant characters, as well as the
main history with authoritative footnotes. He sent it to me via his Mundane alias, who is too
undistinguished to mention here.
There were a few other suggestions which I meant to use but which got squeezed out. I'm sorry to
disappoint the folk who sent them in, but they will surely appear in a later novel.
Michael Stasco was one of a number of readers who sent complicated lists of questions. I hate it when
readers prove they are smarter than I am. So I'm getting even by running the main part of my response to
him. If any of you have similar questions, stifle them; I might not manage to figure out the answers next
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Dear Michael,
Sigh; you have excellent questions. Okay, I will answer them here, and maybe run these answers in the
Author's Note to Question Quest, which I am now writing.
Why didn't Electra awaken during the Time of No Magic? She did, but realized that there was no prince
handy to kiss her, so she went back to sleep, and in a few hours the spell resumed.
When Electra went to Mundania she aged physically, but she should have remained childlike, because
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