In the Shadow of the Great White Wall

The Goddess has won this battle, but her love, the Dark Lord continues in the struggle. Puryn wrestles with gaining control of a ravaged land. New, smaller, wars simmer in all locales around his borders. Pretenders rise with claims of titles, bringing more young men and women to their ends. Bigotry incites abuse and hatred between people who were once friends and neighbors. Evil has survived and pushes to bring their Lord to the Ert. A new band of heroes is formed and tasked with bringing it all together. They are young, but the best Yslan has to offer. The new generation must pick up the mantle of the old. The future rests in the hands of the unproven.

"The Ert was a smoky, charred mess of disorder, chaos, and violence, and despite the gilded words of a victor's Scribes and Heralds, real people suffered in those first few years after the great reckoning of the Goddess. The official truth is always skewed, and seldom bears a resemblance to the reality of what happened. Humankind is known to tell a good tale when the drink is good, or the lady listening is fair, or when the truth is too ugly to remember. Many times, a scribe takes poetic license with the events of man, washing facts with cleansing waters of prose and legend. More often than not, fairy-tales are not written for the children of men, but instead for adults seeking comfort in better memories of their past deeds. These prettier versions of the truth soothe the guilt of many past indiscretions. This tale is not one of those stories. This account is of what happened next."

Zeita a castigat aceasta batalie, dar dragostea ei, Domnul Intunecat continua in lupta. Puryn se lupta cu obtinerea controlului asupra unui teren devastat.