Whenever a merchant appears in the Catalonian section house from the Shield-Brethren, wanting to hire guards for his caravan, young Andreas is suspicious. Knights along with his martial prowess are above protecting mere cargo wagons. Yet Andreas’s wanderlust outweighs his concern, and shortly the group is headed to the merchant’s mountain community – and into great danger. As the caravan approaches, a woman experiencing terrifying visions feverishly paints her most recent revelation – in her very own blood. The image horrifies her fellow villagers, who fear an imminent strike, or worse, the return from the brutal Inquisition. But when Andreas deciphers the painting’s true meaning, it could forever impact his wandering methods, his unspoken anxieties, and his extremely future with the Shield-Brethren. Following Sinner and Dreamer, this third and last prequel towards the Mongoliad reveals the painful truth that sometimes seeing what is to come is usually far worse than being unsure of.