IN THE WEST, a threatening storm rolls slowly across the lands of Spëya, crippling the nation. Yez Foltr, Bolt of Spëya, finds himself in the middle of a conflict between two foreign nations, seeping into his own—Spëya's Peak pleads for Fhälla's help to save their people.

​IN THE EAST, Nÿdrea Danua has returned to the Nan'èGrathian deserts of her people. With her unlikely entourage of Eastlanders, Aspects, and pirates, the Shadelands beckon to her. Will their gates of darkness open to her and reveal the Spires kept hidden for centuries?

​THE EMPEROR HAS taken control of Súmnerya's capital city of Yradënya, creating a stronghold for the Dominion amongst the lands of Aspects. Could the collapse of Ysïdra's strongest nation lead to the end of all Aspects?