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What does Baralis do in the prologue that causes a meteor to split in two?

Impregnates Queen with his child. Baralis put a drug in Queen's wine that made her fall asleep and then he manages to enter her chamber through a secret passage and do the deed while she is drugged. No one knows that prince Kylock is not King's son.

What is the first act of magic that the baker's boy, Jack, does?

He makes the time go back in an oven. Jack accidentally burns the loaves of bread in the oven, and dreads the punishment so much that he unconsciously turns the time back in the oven, so that he finds the loaves are fine when he looks at them again.

True or false: Baralis's mercenaries catch Jack and Melli the first time they are sent to do so.

f. Jack hides in the ditch and the mercenaries fail to discover him, while Melliandra escapes the mercenaries when they start fighting with the other men who are looking for her.

What is the name of the man who helped Jack to survive a wet fever?

Falk. Falk senses that Jack is not a common boy and helps him to beat the wet fever. He also changes the way the boy percieves himself by explaining that magic does not always have to be evil.

What place does Tawl visit to find out where to look for the speacial boy he is searching for?

Larn. Larn is an island no one dares to go, where many seers are kept chained to stones. The price for the seeing was that Tawl had to deliver several letters, but truly the price is far higher. At the end of the book the influence of Larn makes Tawl kill Bevlin.

True or false: Melliandra is the daughter of Lord Baralis.

f. Melliandra is the daughter of Lord Maybor, who is the biggest enemy of Lord Baralis. Throughout the book each lord attempts to kill the other; all the attempts happen to be in vain, though they do quite a bit of damage in the process.

Does Tawl allow Nabber to travel with him?

y. At first he tries to send the boy back to Rorn, but since Nabber keeps following him and then saves Tawl's life, the knight decides to let the pickpocketer travel with him.

Who wrote the 'Book of Words' mentioned by Belvin and Tavalisk?

Marod. Bevlin tells Tawl that there are only four exact copies of the book in the world. One of them is owned by Bevlin, and we learn that the other one is discovered by Jack and Melli in the hunting hut.

What is the name of the Tavalisk's first servant?

Gamil. Tavalisk makes Gamil perform many useless and unpleasant duties along with the real work.

Whom does Queen plan to marry Prince Kylock to due to the lost wager?

Catherine of Bren. Queen loses her wager with Baralis and has to marry Kylock to whomever the cousilor names; however, she likes the idea of the match with Bren, and makes many hasty preparations for the marriage to happen.