Sanctuary beckons but hides a dangerous key within. An archaic power awakens, but the shadows of antiquity conceal an awful truth. Fugitives from your Conclave, Dormael and his close friends flee using the armlet in their ownership. Hounded by their previous allies, they embark on a dangerous trek to a historical ruin-a place where in fact the only things older than the stones are the secrets buried beneath them. Pain and darkness wait in the halls of the useless, but something worse may be closing in from behind. With bad stirring, the fate of the world hangs in the balance. Will Dormael and his close friends uncover the secret from the artefact, or become destroyed by those who want its power for themselves? For Dormael, D’Jenn, and Shawna, failure could mean the damage of everything they know. The war is merely beginning, and the gods will consider the purchase price in blood.