The Mansion of E :: Part Three: The Widening Gyre
Probably should have mentioned this before, but the fellow with the beard is Umboz, a widower Nome whom we first met way back here. Vezza is his young daughter. The War in question is what everyone else calls "The Nome War", and is discussed here. Koyeeb turned up briefly here. Nitfol's hometree was destroyed here, and he was threatened by the Spyder here. Glorf was briefly sighted here. Vezza and Nitfol and that Pale last appeared here. Roughly. If you are seeing this text, your browser does not support inline frames