Tawnos' Coffin

"What does this one do?" said Harbin, putting his irritation with his father aside.

"When I was Mishra's … guest, they kept me in a cell forgotten by the rest of the world," said Tawnos. As he spoke, he flexed his right hand, as if to shake out an ancient pain. "I'd been thinking about it and came up with this. It functions with some of the same mechanisms that power the old amulets of Kroog, along with Ashnod's staff from Zegon."

"Uh-huh," said Harbin. "And what does it do?"

"It will keep a body within in stasis—effectively asleep for as long as the power stones operate within it or until the box is opened." Tawnos looked at Harbin. "You see, I've been thinking about what your father will do with his brother once he defeats him. I don't think he could bring himself to kill him, but neither could he suffer him to live. This"—Tawnos patted the top of the lid—"is the third option."

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The Brother's War, Chapter 32