In the Dominion, those allied with the demons from the Glowing Court feared the bargain they’d made. For towards the kialli, betrayal was a means of life, and every actions was a means to gain higher power. So that as the Festival from the Moon approached, the demon kin began to victim upon those in the Tor Leonne. But more frightening than their existence was their ‘present’ for the Festival, masks created not really by human craftsmen, but by the kialli. Even the magic and knowledge of the greatest from the Dominion’s about The Glowing Court Widan have been unable to discern what capture the masks contained-and period to discover and avert this menace was running out.

In the Empire, the armies were mobilizing for war. But before they carried the battle towards the Dominion, Seer Jewel ATerafin would be forced to follow her personal destiny. For what she’d observed in vision, she could not deny. And so Jewel, with just Avander to guard her back again, would abandon Home Terafin within the eve of its best peril and trip into the darkness which was fast overshadowing the mortal lands.

And among the Voyani, as soon as had come to make their final stand against Allasakar, Lord from the Hells, for they by itself had kept towards the old methods, guarding the ancient knowledge. But hounded by their opponents, and with one their biggest treasures hidden in the Tor Leonne, could they endure the power of the Shining Court?