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{{Spoiler|[[Curse of the Mistwraith]]}}

''[[Third Age]] 5637'': [[Lysaer]] is first introduced at [[South Isle]], where he is courting his betrothed. After meeting with [[Arithon]] in the hold of the ''[[Briane]]'' he orders that the prisoner be drugged until they reach [[Amroth]]. 

When [[Arithon]] is banished through the [[Worldsend gate]], the mages at [[Rauven]] ensures that [[Lysaer]] is banished with him. The [[half-brothers]] then cross the [[Red Desert]] and  drink from the [[Five Centuries Fountain]] before traveling through the [[Worldsend gate]] at [[Mearth]]. Afflicted by the [[Curse of Mearth]], he is healed by [[Asandir]]. 

With [[Arithon]], he enters the town of [[West End]] after a rendez-vous with [[Dakar]] runs late. After turning the heads of many [[townsfolk]], he leaves with [[Asandir]], [[Dakar]], and [[Arithon]]. The party travels to [[Erdane]] by way of the [[Tornir Peaks]] where they meet [[Felirin the Scarlet]] and battle a [[Khadrim]]. In [[Erdane]] they stay with [[Enithen Tuer]], and meet [[Elaira]] when she visits.

In the [[Thaldein Mountains]], [[Lysaer]] discovers his heritage after [[Arithon]] provokes [[Grithen]] into a ransom situation. The party is taken to [[west outpost]] where [[Lysaer]] is disturbed by the coarse nature of the [[clansmen]] he will someday rule. The party travels to the focus at [[Isaer]], and [[lane transfer]] to [[Althain Tower]]. [[Lysaer]] wakes up after the eradication of the [[meth-snakes]] to find [[Traithe]] mending bridles in his room. He eats a meal and then accompanies [[Traithe]] into the storerooms in search of the [[crown jewels]] of [[Havish]]. Impressed by the sheer age of the artifacts, [[Lysaer]] pledges to heal the rift between the [[townsfolk]] and [[clansmen]]. Though [[Traithe]] leaves him the opening to ask for training in [[magecraft]], [[Lysaer]] does not. [[Lysaer]] helps [[Dakar]] drag [[Arithon]] down to the cellar for [[lane transfer]], and is ashamed that he didn't think to protect his half-brother's dignity. He faints during the [[lane transfer]] to [[Caith-al-Caen]]. The party crosses [[Daon Ramon Barrens]] to arrive at [[Ithamon]]. 

''[[Third Age]] 5638'': The [[half-brothers]] battle the [[Mistwraith]] from [[Kieling]] Tower for three weeks and when [[Arithon]] plots to upset a [[Koriani]] scrying, [[Lysaer]] adds his powers of light without realizing the stakes. After his concerns are dismissed by the [[Fellowship]], [[Lysaer]] asks [[Arithon]] about the haunting of [[Ithamon]]. The pair are attacked outside [[Kieling]] Tower and [[Lysaer]] falls unconscious. Later examinations of him by the [[Fellowship]] reveal nothing amiss. [[Lysaer]] assists with the final battle against the [[Mistwraith]], where its remnants are contained in a warded stone flask inside [[Kieling Tower]]. In the final moments, when the [[Mistwraith]] threatens to break away, [[Lysaer]] seals the flask barehanded and has contact with the wraiths. 

A couple days after the battle, he is drinking with [[Arithon]] in the ruins of [[Ithamon]] when [[Dakar]] reveals the forced gifts of their family lines. [[Lysaer]] accompanies [[Arithon]] to [[Etarra]] and, following the initial ceremony, he accompanies most of [[Etarra]]'s ruling class to the tavern to get them royally drunk. After the ceremony where the [[Royal Charter]] is read, [[Lysaer]] uses his charm to protect [[Arithon]] from the [[Etarrans]]' unwanted advances and ripostes. He is introduced to Lady [[Talith]] here. The next morning, [[Lysaer]] tries to appease the [[Governors' Council]] in [[Arithon]]'s absence. Told by [[Kharadmon]] that [[Arithon]] is in the poor quarter, [[Lysaer]] discovers his half-brother creating ships out of shadows for beggar children. Following a string of headaches since the imprisonment of the [[Mistwraith]], [[Lysaer]] goes into the garden on the eve of the coronation to reconcile his thoughts. [[Elaira]] meets him here, her task to judge the [[half-brothers]] for the [[Koriathain]]. 

On the day of the coronation, [[Lysaer]] dines with [[Diegan]] and [[Talith]], who press him to confront his [[half-brother]]. He leaves through a secret passage when [[Asandir]] and [[Dakar]] arrive, and goes to [[Arithon]]'s room in the governor's mansion. Finding no one there, he smashes the [[lyranthe]] created by [[Elshian]]. [[Lysaer]] then roams the city in search of [[Arithon]], gradually become more and more possessed by the [[Mistwraith]]. He finally locates him from the vantage point of a high gallery, and attacks with a light bolt. The bolt transfers the curse of the [[Mistwraith]] to [[Arithon]], and [[Lysaer]] faints, drained of power. 

While unconscious, [[Lysaer]] is taken by [[Asandir]] to the south ward armory, where [[Sethvir]] and [[Asandir]] exorcise the wraith that possessed him. However, his gift of justice is permanently skewed because of the possession. [[Lysaer]] wakes up in the armory and then leaves with [[Diegan]] to calm the riots in [[Etarra]]. From the coronation dais, [[Lysaer]] channels his gift of Light to defeat the dark-wards [[Arithon]] has left over the city. He is called "[[Lysaer]] of the Light" for the first time here, by [[Diegan]]. He is only able to clear the shadows past the gates before fainting, but they vanish on their own shortly after midnight. After fainting, [[Lysaer]] is carried to [[Morfett]]'s best guest suite, where he convinces the [[Governors' Council]] about the menace of [[Arithon]]. [[Etarra]] prepares for war, and [[Lysaer]]'s direct nature is instrumental in cutting through the city's greed and excesses. On the eve of the war host's march, [[Lysaer]] dances with [[Talith]] and confides that he cannot make people understand just how dangerous [[Arithon]] is. 

The following morning, he heads the army, ten thousand strong, flanked by [[Diegan]] and [[Gnudsog]], and wielding a sword with [[Arithon]]'s name in reverse runes. When clan children are discovered in [[Strakewood]], practicing javelin tosses, [[Lysaer]] orders forty light riders to puruse them. This action begins the massacre of the [[Battle of Strakewood]]. After the clans of [[Deshir]] flood the [[Tal Quorin]], [[Lysaer]] orders his men to see [[Diegan]] to safety and then breaks his collarbone in the ensuing flood. He is picked up by [[Pesquil]]'s men downstream, and discover a group of clan children cutting throats soon after. After killing the clan children, [[Pesquil]]'s men and [[Lysaer]] flush out [[Teynie]] who inadvertently leads the [[headhunters]] back to the hideout where the women and children are hiding. 

When [[Lysaer]] realizes that [[Pesquil]] will allow his men to rape the women to draw out the clan men, he destroys the women with his power of Light, knowing that the clansmen, and [[Arithon]], will come running. [[Lysaer]] spots [[Arithon]] across the battlefield, triggering the Curse. The pair trade words and attacks of Light and Shadow before [[Lysaer]] channels an attack so destructive that it would also destroy himself. With [[Jieret]]'s timely intervention, [[Arithon]] protects the forest (and [[Lysaer]]) with Shadow, not realizing that [[Lysaer]] collapsed from stress and blood loss before being able to launch his Light attack. [[Lysaer]] is pulled from the conflict by [[Pesquil]] and a dedicated lieutenant. After the [[Battle of Strakewood]], [[Lysaer]] (still unaware of the curse) believes that the moment he embraced self-destruction to murder [[Arithon]] may have been manipulated by [[Arithon]] himself. He resolves that the next foray will be well-planned and not put him in harm's way.

[[Diegan]] meets with [[Lysaer]] before being returned to [[Etarra]] with the wounded. He agrees to ask [[Morfett]] for an official invitation set under city seal so [[Lysaer]] can continue his efforts on the city's behalf. [[Lysaer]] stays with the remainder of the [[Etarran]] troops, returning to their original plan of poisoning the waters and scaring off the game. He agrees to return to [[Etarra]] in the autumn to visit Lady [[Talith]].

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