Kwiminyaka emibini emva kokuba uLordlake etshatyalalisiwe yi-Sun Rune yakhe, uKumkanikazi u-Arshtat uthumela unyana wakhe iNkosana, udadewabo uSialeeds, kunye nabagadi basebukhosini uLyon noGeorg Prime ukuba baye kuhlola imeko yale dolophu ilibhodlo. INkosana ibona imeko elusizi yedolophu eyomileyo ize inike ingxelo ngayo, kodwa uArshtat uyayigxeka le nto; ubhengeza ukuba abemi baseLordlake bafanelwe yinkangala ngenxa yokuba iDawn Rune. Umyeni ka-Arshtat uFerid umbuyisela ezingqondweni, kwaye uyalichitha itheko lokuhlola ngokusebeza.
Umba olandelayo wengxabano yiMidlalo Engcwele yesandla sikaPrincess Lymsleia emtshatweni, ebanjwa kwangoko kwiLymsleia eneminyaka elishumi ubudala. Abona bagqatswa baphambili, bobabini bezimele nentshatsheli, baphuma kwizindlu ezikhuphisanayo ezihloniphekileyo: U-Euram Barows ophoxekileyo, kunye noSialeeds owayesakuba wayethandana naye, uGizel Godwin onothando. Usapho lwasebukhosini, nangona kunjalo, luthanda umntu wangaphandle ongaqondakaliyo uBelcoot, njengokhetho olungathathi hlangothi olunokubangela ingxabano; INkosana izama ukunceda uBelcoot ngokuzolileyo ngemvume kaFerid. Nangona kunjalo, u-Gizel uphumelele iMidlalo ibe yinzuzo yakhe, kwaye intshatsheli yakhe uChilderich yoyisa iBelcoot eneziyobisi ngelixa intshatsheli yeBarow ikhutshiwe.
Noko ke, uLord Marscal Godwin, uyise kaGizel, akakholiswa kangako yimisebenzi kaGizel, ecinga ukuba wenze utshaba lweNkosana nentsapho yasebukhosini ngokubanzi ngeli yelenqe lakhe. Ukongeza, usapho lwasebukhosini lwathatha uZegayi, intshatsheli ye-Barows, yambeka elugcinweni lwayo lobuqu, owayenokuthi mhlawumbi ancede aveze ubuqhetseba bukaGodwins kwaye anike isizathu sokurhoxisa isivumelwano. Ngaloo ndlela, abakwaGodwins baqalisa ukuhlasela kwangaphambili kumsitho wothethathethwano eSol-Falena, ikomkhulu laseFalena. U-Arshtat noFerid babelindele kwaye balungiselele uhlaselo, kodwa hayi ukubandakanyeka kwababulali be-elite baseNether Gate, abagqithisa ukhuseleko lwebhotwe. Umzabalazo ufikelela kuvuthondaba ngokubhubha kuka-Arshtat noFerid, ngelixa uLymsleia ezifumana engumthinjwa. INkosana uArdil, iLyon, uGeorg, kunye noSialeeds banyanzeleka ukuba basabe.
