Have you had this whole arc in place since the time you wrote Magician or has it eveolved as you wrote the other books?

From: Raymond Feist
Date: 04 April 2009

I knew there were five riftwars when I did Magician and sketchy details about what happened during those wars. That's lore from the game.  I began to fashion the monster backstory arc during the creation of the SerpentWar, and had everything in place (more or less) when I started Conclave.

Best, R.E.F.

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