Before the Mask

Before he becomes the tyrant who enslaves Solace, Verminaard is an unloved and unlovely child of Nidus, trading away friendship and family for the seductive attention of a mysterious Voice that speaks to him from an ancient weapon. Before the Mask traces how neglect and ambition curdle into the cruelty that will make Verminaard one of the Dragonlance saga's most feared dragonarmy commanders.