After their improbable victory at the Battle of Rankith, the Doves have begun to symbolize peace for the scared people of Byon. Inside Castle Samek, an ambitious new commander rises, holding, with an iron fist, to the Doves. And as the war fades from recent memory, Byon crowns a new king. Angel Island is stuck between tradition and their loyalties to a crown that no longer seems to need them. A schism looms close on the horizon, and its leaders are forced into decision. Though the commander's grip is strong, the Doves still slip away, chased by guards into an unfamiliar land filled with forgotten history. The Kalik have regrouped under a new leader, in a walled city at the heart of the Marsh.