Thanatos went back and forth through the wheel of time, searching for the appropriate successor. As he intrigued his way out through the Crown Wars and plummeted down in Netheril, he found one that would, in due time, be worthy of his crown. His name was Argaen Stormcrow, one of the last high elves to survive his people’s exile. Young, introverted, a talented magician with a taste for darkness, and gifted with a unique puzzle-solving mind, Argaen’s past made him a suitable candidate to control his legacy. He was an orphan, a loner, and as such, had learned to live in the harsh society of Westgate, bargaining and tricking friends and foes alike in order to survive. His fate turned for the best when he fell in love with a goddess that could not bear to see him become evil. The goddess learned to love him back, but her time in this world was short. The goddess returned to the endless sky, and Argaen decided to give back some of the good he had been given. He enlisted the army. He fought the phaerimm. He tried to save time. And then, the turn of the screw: his union with the goddess had created an offspring, but that offspring’s fate was to die. Thanatos laughed silently while he took one of the time-lines in the endless flow and placed it behind him. One of the thirteen had been chosen. Thanatos knew the pain involved in loosing a child. He knew what people would be willing to do to get them back. Thanatos laughed once again and placed Argaen’s figure in the stone-tablet labeled “The Architects”. His fate was sealed.