Mists of Time

The mists of time is a location first revealed in book 3. A person who enters the mist can come out at any point in time. The mist can change location and sometimes seems to have a mind of its own. It has a favorite haunt on the Island Of No Return.

Lorents originally had a time travelling theory that a persons physical existence and ability to change the past was proportionate to the probability of the original time travelling event taking place. Upon several failed attempts to change the past he concluded that time travel is impossible unless destiny is maintained.

In book 4, the mists of time always surrounded Artigan Tower. Emperor Artigan revealed that both the tower and the mists were the bodies of Djinn. They were the mother and father of Hallovan before he betrayed them.

Lorents and Woofy used the mists to time travel several times. It was in the mists that Woofy gained amnesia and became Porthran. In book 4 the mists concentrated into a human form and told the Orstlanders that she considers Porthran to be her child as well. This was the reason she helped the Orstlanders. She told them that Porthran would indeed resurrect into a Djinn but only when the twelth Orstlander showed him or her self.