(Dragonlance #13-16) - Goldmoon and Riverwind were leaders in Que-Shu, and their people were decimated during the War of the Lance. Mage Myrella visited their community, telling them she needed help to save the Tower of High Sorcery, which was under assault by Draconians. She suspected they were led by black magician Raistlin Majere, but Goldmoon told her Raistlin was dead. Myrella rode with Goldmoon and Riverwind, and Goldmoon told her that Raistlin wasn't necessarily a villain, but a tragic character. His turn to evil was predicated by an unrelenting search of power, and Goldmoon warned Myrella to examine her own ambitions. She also chided Myrella for her black and white view of a complex world. Myrella heard a distress call in the forest and rode her horse into the woods, only to fall into a pitfall trap. The call was lure by Keches, and the heroes managed to fend them off. Goldmoon warned Myrella about her impetuousness, and said magic and power only magnified personal flaws if they were not confronted directly. The Tower of Wayreth appeared to them, and Dunbar Mastersmate, head of the white-robed wizards, promised them the threat to the tower was gone. Goldmoon and Riverwind faded away, and Dunbar assured Myrella he had no idea what caused it. Myrella wanted to rescue them, but Dalamar, head of the black-robes, appeared and told her to focus on her quest. Goldmoon and Riverwind found themselves in another dimension, summoned by Par-Salian and Ladonna, who warned that the banished Spyranus had taken control of the Tower and was planning to destroy Krynn. Spyranus wanted to crush the threat against him, and summoned a horde of Earth Elementals to attack them. They were in danger of being overwhelmed, so Az-Araz-Zar summoned Myrella and Kalthanan to aid them They fought off the elementals, and withstood Spyranus' attempt to divide and conquer them. Ladonna realized Spyranus was bonded physically to the tower, and reluctant to separate himself from the source of his power, and Kalthanan tried unsuccessfully to goad him out. Spyranus extended the temple through a portal to Krynn, preparing to destroy it, when Myrella figured out how to defeat him. She summoned the Mindbender artifact, forcefully separating Spyranus from the temple, and with his connection severed he became a gibbering madman. She placed Kalthanan's soul in the Tower, and freed from his physical being his dark and light nature could exist without conflict, making him a neutral force and at peace with himself. Al-Araz-Zar revealed himself as Gilean, god of neutrality, and praised Myrella for passing the test. She would join the red-robes as a force for neutrality and a mediator between good and evil.

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