The Alaxaran deities and the forces of Anharos engage the Great Old Ones and their hordes on the plain of Sarkarm northwest of the land of Carthianum. Terza delivers the most devastating blows, unleashing miles-long whips of solar fire against the enemy that burn away their defenses, incinerate countless horrors, and shatter and melt the very land beneath the enemy's feet. Many allied fighters are killed — and the goddess Brynne wounded — when the infested Agamon turns on his friends, but Agamon himself is mortally wounded and dies shortly after being freed from the T'Zzanki's clutches.

Nearly all the Great Old Ones are killed or flee the world; a handful manage to hide themselves beneath the Voormithadreth Mountains and the Arcosian Swamp. Their lieutenants are destroyed and their legions of monsters mostly eradicated, with the few surviving remnants driven into the uninhabited wilds or forced to retreat deep underground.

The modern Kingdom of Evenhold arises from the military alliance of smaller dominions that Anharos united. The "Years of Anharos" reckoning begins.

Elves depart the region.