Four normal modern day teenagers are plunged into a world they thought only existed in novels and film. They are whisked away to a magical land where dragons roam the skies, orcs and hobgoblins terrorize travelers, and kingdoms wage war for dominance. It is a world where man is just one race, joining other races such as elves, trolls, dwarves, changelings, and the dreaded night creatures who steal the night. Not a typical "dungeons and dragons" world, for this story follows the adventures of these teens into the unknown as we watch the world unfold with their eyes. It is a world that is foreign to them. We learn as they learn. And what hope do these teens have in this strange Middle Earth world? How can they survive against wizards, dwarves, halflings, dragons, and trolls if they had a hard time making it in high school? This Issue: "The Calm Before..." - Anomolin reappears to the group as they have been waiting in the cave for him all this time. Grappo has found some gemstones (terraspawns) that he slips into his pocket when no one is looking. Anomolin throws his daughter Delora into the group, then teleports everyone but Alex out of the hall. Meanwhile in Darkoth's castle Des Vilba shows Norvose how he has been disfigured from Darkoth's latest rage.
