Quova settled at the Oracle with his love, Cassandra, and their daughter, Alexandra. His meditations upon Cassandra’s teachings led him to finally control the power of the Essence that raged within him. Eventually, Baron Tar Evanger of the Penta Nera found him. Cassandra prophesied to Evanger: Your hatred of Quova shall destroy you, just as you will destroy me. Killing Cassandra, Evanger continued his pursuit of a grief-stricken Quova, who hid with his old teacher Sice Larwan, now an undead lich, in a nameless mine in the Sundered Shield. Here Quova spent fifty years in meditation and contemplation, trying to overcome the grief of his loss and the rage that burned inside.