Forty years have passed, there have been no news from Dara for over twenty years, the humans of Elaria, the continent to the south, are petitioning the Kingdoms of Valana for a war against the Orkhavocs and the Orkhavocs seem to be amassing to the desert sands east of the Serpent's Bastion. Darkness stirs to the south and the Dark Generals are out and about and Aer'andil has decided to visit an old friend. Little does he know of what awaits him in Dara as Oghelle beckons him to go south.