Well, the Winds and Storms bring mages back to Valdemar (this is like 800 years after the death of Vanyel). And there's a couple of brief cameos by Vanyel, Stefen, and Yfandes (as ghosts, of course).

But, I completely understand what you mean (See: the community name). On the one hand, people who read the Valdemar books in the order they were first published already knew the outcome of LHM, because at that point in the timeline, Vanyel is a famous historic figure, and she wrote that he died saving the kingdom. But people like you (and me ;__;) who didn't read those books first had no idea Vanyel was going to die at the end, so it's like...okay...you gave him this horrible life...what's the payoff? Oh, he and his lifebonded get to haunt a forest together??? What the hell kind of ending is that???

The thing that fills me with rage the most is, when you do the math, Vanyel didn't even get a year with both Tylendel and Stefen combined! And then in Magic's Promise, the Shadow Lover told him he wouldn't be alone anymore. Nine years later he finally meets Stef...and then dies six months after lifebonding to him. FUUUUUUUUUUUUU that is not faaaair ;_________;