The Old Man, Book 1: Chapter 1-5 Summary

Dragons of Autumn Twilight by Margaret Weis is the story of a set of companions that meet for the first time in five years after going their own way. They are quickly drawn into a war that they didn't even knew existed. They struggle to find the truth of the long forgotten gods and the way to free their land of the dragons that threaten to destroy them all.

In the section titled The Old Man, a young woman named Tika Waylan is working in the Inn of the Last Home talking with Otik, the bartender, about how the people that live in the town of Solace are being mistreated under the rule of the new Theocrat, Hederick. An old man comes in and begins rearranging furniture, getting it ready for that night...