It has been years since the last Corriian invasion. Everything seems stable and happy, but it is not as it seems.Bentonius, the spy who defected has returned to his old masters and convinced them with a plan to get ultimate revenge against all the leaders and heroes of past wars. While the deadly plot takes shape, the world is ravaged by a plague that is spreading through all the nations.Norri with the help of the local apothecary finds a cure, a tea made from a small shrub that grows on the verge of the forest. He wishes to help the people of Bernadia who they hear are suffering terribly, but much has changed in the world in a generation. Also perplexing, is a strange prophecy, and a call Norri receives from a heavenly messenger, a Mari, that draws him and his Driadora friend, Lefgild into another long journey, seeking the meaning of the words on a bark-paper scroll. They journey to an unexpected destination, to be witnesses of an event that will change them all in many ways.