* Cheiron Centaur marries Chex Centaur in a ceremony performed by the Simurgh before the winged monsters. All present swear to protect the foal of this union, whose life will change the course of the history of Xanth.

* The goblins of Mount Etamin raid Draco's nest and abduct Marrow Bones.

* King Nabob Naga betroths his daughter, Princess Nada, to Prince Dolph, making a naga-human alliance. The naga rescue Marrow and the dragon's treasure. Marrow and Dolph return two firewater opals to Mela.

* Dolph and Nada enter Mundania through the gourd and meet Turn Key, who provides a way to locate the Heaven Cent.

* Marrow, Grace'l, and Dolph use a hypnogourd to enter the realm of dreams and find the sleeping Princess. Only it turns out to be Electra, awakened after 847 years; she got time off for good behavior.

* The Night Stallion puts Grace'l Ossein on trial, with Dolph as defense attorney. Dolph succeeds, barely, in vindicating her, and gains the respect of the Stallion.

* Jot and Tittle, twins, delivered retroactively to Lacuna and Vernon.

1085 Che Centaur foaled to Cheiron and Chex Centaur.

* Com-Pewter acquires a Castle Roogna magic mirror from a traveler.

1086 Princess Ivy, Princess Nada, and Electra recover the magic mirror from the evil machine.

* Ivy invokes the Heaven Cent and is transported to Mundania, where she meets Grey Murphy and brings him to Xanth.

* Grey and Ivy encounter the Goblinate of the Golden Horde led by Grotesk Goblin, and rescue Donkey Centaur. Ivy affiances Grey.

* Grey learns his talent at Mount Parnassus: he is a Magician of Nullification.

* Corn-Pewter's plot to take over Xanth using Grey Murphy is revealed.

* Magician Murphy and Sorceress Vadne return to Xanth, and Murphy lays his curse on the geis on Grey to serve Com-Pewter. The geis is thus fouled up, and Grey is freed to work for Magician Humfrey.

1089 Che Centaur is foalnapped by the goblins of Goblin Mountain.

* Jenny Elf and Sammy Cat come to Xanth from the World of Two Moons and give comfort to Che.

* Siege of Goblin Mountain, resolved when Che agrees to be Gwenny Goblin's companion, and Gwenny and Jenny go to live with Che's family.

* Prince Dolph marries Electra as she turns eighteen in normal-living time.

1090 Humfrey rescues five and a half wives from Hell, in a fashion.

* Lacuna's change of life.

Author's Note

Author's Note

This is not an ordinary Xanth Note. Do not read beyond this page if you are squeamish.

Oh, there are some credits for puns and notions, but I discourage these now, as Xanth is not quite as punny as it once was. As Xanth enters its teens—this is number thirteen—it is maturing, developing new awarenesses, touching on more serious matters, and putting aside some of its childish things, though with luck it will never grow up enough to join the Adult Conspiracy. So fans who send in puns are unlikely to see them in Xanth. But some did appear in this novel.