Five years have passed since Avalind and Mussa faced the Hag, Sannaeoth, in her lair. Both have suffered the consequences of that encounter, for they share horrifying, prophetic dreams. Now they dream of a fabulous city, in a blessed realm, torn apart in blood and fire by a merciless invader with weapons beyond their imagination. Avalind knows that those brutal forces will soon be unleashed on her own people. Mussa wonders what else they inherited.