The Shadowmask The Shadowmask is the second novel in the Stone of Tymora trilogy by Geno Salvatore and R . A . Salvatore . It continues the story of Maimun , now following him in his quest to recover the Stone of Tymora . The story once again begins with Maimun being questioned by the same pirate from " The Stowaway " . He continues his story from some years earlier : Summary . In Memnon , the demon Asbeel is leaning over Maimun , asking him where the Stone of Tymora has gone . However , the stone has been taken from Maimun by a woman in a shadowmask . Maimun fights him , but their battle is interrupted by the wearer of the shadowmask , who commands Asbeel to be gone . She then disappears into the city with Maimun close behind . He stops in one of the city ' s markets , where he finds a circle of nine ravens who tell him to stop his pursuit . He trips into a tent , where an old seer with no name tells Maimun that he sees a strange man following him , seeking the same thing Maimun is seeking . Believing the man from the seer ' s vision is the dark elf Drizzt Do ' Urden , Maimun runs to the city ' s gates to find out where Drizzt and his friends , who parted ways with him only day before , had gone . A homeless boy on the street tells Maimun that Drizzt has passed into the Calim Desert and that Maimun should procure a camel in order to follow him . Maimun finds the merchant Sali Dalib , but having no money , he instead accepts a loan of " magic " boots . Maimun enters the Calim Desert and avoids the eastern " De Bestest Road " that Sali Dalib recommended , suspecting a trap . He goes south instead only to find that the boots are not magical . He suffers dehydration in the desert , but after some time passes a watering hole where bandits are waiting . He manages only a short drink of water before being forced to fight one of the bandits . He escapes , discovering that his borrowed boots are in fact magical , but only when he runs . He crosses the desert in less than a tenday , surviving on melted frost that he can form on his cloak with his magical sword . In Calimport , Maimun offers food to the first beggar that can help him find Drizzt Do ' Urden . Only one " child " ( soon identified as the halfling Dondon Tiggerwillies ) is brave enough to give him any information : Drizzt Do ' Urden has been claimed by the legendary assassin Artemis Entreri . Dondon refuses to say more , but Maimun follows him to Rogue ' s Circle and the house of Pasha Pook , where Drizzt was believed to be either captured or dead . Maimun rests for the night at the docks , where he spies " Sea Sprite " coming in . He tried to convince Captain Deudermont that they must rescue Drizzt , but at that moment Drizzt and the other Companions of the Hall ( minus Regis ) appear , having escaped — and beaten — Entreri . That night , Maimun asks Drizzts about the Stone of Tymora , only to find that the drow knows nothing about the stone and was not the man in the seer ' s vision . Back in the cave with the pirate , Maimun develops a plan to escape captivity , all while continuing his story : Maimun has joined with the crew of " Sea Sprite " once again , planning to travel with Drizzt to the North to find Malchor Harpell . The numbness in Maimun ' s arm and leg due to being separated from the Stone of Tymora is growing . The ship reaches Baldur ' s Gate and is held there for several days due to a storm . Maimun enters the city to find the Empty Flagon , where he left his dying foster father , on fire and its owner , Alviss , missing . Concerned , Maimun goes to the Temple of Tymora to seek out the priestess Jaide , but she too is gone . Thirteen days later , " Sea Sprite " leaves port for Waterdeep , dodging icebergs all the way . Upon arrival , Maimun spots Joen working on the docks . He follows her to an inn called Shank and sees her join the crew of a Chrysaor , the water genasi that had once attempted to kidnap Maimun . Maimun tries to convince Joen not to join him , but she refuses . Chrysaor spots Maimun and admits he is after the Stone of Tymora , not Maimun himself . When it comes time for Drizzt to leave , Maimun decides not to go with him . Instead , he asks Deudermont to pursue Chrysaor . He agrees to let Robillard , the new ship ' s wizard , keep him under surveillance . The two crews winter in Waterdeep and in the spring , Deudermont ' s crew has a new ship , smaller and lighter than the old ship but again named " Sea Sprite " . Chrysaor ' s crew depart in the ship " Lady Luck " before the last so , so Deudermont refuses to pursue him . Maimun angrily goes to his bunk , but awakens to the ship with its sails out ; apparently , Lucky had polled the crew and they had agreed to help Maimun by following Chrysaor . Days later , " Sea Sprite " catches up to " Lady Luck " . The crews battle each other . Maimun meets Joen in hand - to - hand combat . Chrysaor ' s crew is defeated , but in the end both ships capsize on the shores of an island in the Korinn Archipelago of the Moonshae Isles . Deudermont , angry at the loss of his ship , wants to slay the crew of " Lady Luck " , but Maimun and Joen convince him that the two crews together can help repair " Sea Sprite " . At that moment , nine ravens landed on the beach and transformed into nine people in shadowmasks . They call themselves the Circle and say they have brought the crews to the island for a purpose . They threaten to call the winds upon the crews if they do not leave Maimun behind on the island . Deudermont , surprisingly , agrees . Back in the pirate ' s cave , Maimun determines that the pirate won ' t kill him until he ' s heard the rest of the the story . He demands food and a light , then asks for the pirate ' s word that he won ' t kill him . Then Maimun continues his story : On the island in the Moonshaes , the two marooned crews sleep on the beach at night while they repair " Sea Sprite " . One night , Maimun goes walking , angry at Deudermont ' s decision to leave him . He finds a colony of walrus es , then suddenly Elbeth , his former caretaker , appears behind him . It is revealed that Elbeth was the masked woman who stole the Stone of Tymora in Memnon . Maimun is happy to see her , despite her being a member of the Circle . She explains that the Circle stole the Stone because it threw luck out of balance , but they didn ' t realize it would have a physical effect on Maimun to remove it from his person . Elbeth also believed that getting rid of the stone would make Maimun less of a target . However , although the Circle wants to keep Maimun prisoner on the island , Elbeth cannot bear to see him captured . She reveals the location of the stone : in a dragon ' s lair on the island . Elbeth leaves , but Maimun finds that Joen has followed her . He tells her his plan to steal the stone from the dragon . At low tide just before " Sea Sprite " is ready to sail , the two find the dragon ' s lair . Maimun retrieves the stone and Joen finds some gems and magical daggers , but in doing so the bronze dragon is awakened . They escape only to find Asbeel blocking their path . They fight him until a bull walrus attacks him , giving them the distraction they needed to escape . When the reach the ship , they find Robillard casting spells at the dragon . The Circle soon chases the dragon off , but Asbeel appears once again . Robillard rescues Maimun from the demon ' s clutches , but Asbeel intends to escape with Joen in his clutches . Maimun uses his boots to leap into the air and impale Asbeel with Perrault ' s magical stiletto . The demon falls into the see and Joen is rescued . Everyone returns to " Sea Sprite " to leave the island . As they sail off , Maimun and Joen share a kiss in the crow ' s nest . At that moment , they hear familiar hoofbeats beating across the water .