Armies gather in the Northeast, raiders are loose in the lands...

Gaelin's Port is safe, maybe. Danica, unsure about her future as a soldier, reluctantly takes command of the army set to oppose the Beasts while raids and probes breach the northern border.

With danica distracted, Mouse forms a plan. His power has grown and he cannot escape the feeling that Asira does not have the time to wait for the army to rescue her. Mouse does what he does best, make new friends of the old-timers in the mountains. They teach him the way of the land just as the crew of the Gambit taught him the sea. Then he does exactly what Danica does not want him to do, get involved.

But there is a new menace in the shadows and forces moving in the darkness.

Danica

Danica commands an army and her inner turmoil grows. A daring raid behind enemy lines opens the conflict and the people of the southern lands battle the Beasts with Danica out in front.

Danica finds more in the city; she finds friends, the initial vision of her path after the coming conflict, and in Mags, she finds something entirely unexpected.

Mouse

Danica wants Mouse safe but he has his own plans. Plans of which Danica would not approve.

Mouse learns to love the land but not enough to displace the sea in his heart.

Garet Weston

SunHawk Scout officer promoted after his service against the Casdian Brotherhood and Beast Raiders.

His reward, forming a new unit and commanding the tip of the spear for Danica's strike against the Beasts. Some days, he wished he remained home on the farm.