Twenty years after the War of the Lance, very few people in Ansalon have any knowledge of the existance of the Knights of Takhisis. Among those who do, most either refuse to believe what they have been told (the Knights of Solamnia) or are simply too involved in their own political turmoil to care (the elves).

The only people truly concerned and aware of the terrible threat posed by this newly emerging force are the robed wizards of Krynn. Even this knowledge is primarily confined to the members of the conclave. All three robes, Black, Red, and White, view these renegade wizards with alarm.

The rest of the people of Ansalon are too busy quarreling and fighting with each other to pay any heed to the deadly lilies that have been planted and are now being cultivated right in their own gardens.

- Dragonlance: The Second Generation