Life is going well in Iluk. The new temple in town is coming along, the border station to the west is nearing completion, the twins are starting to bring life to the arid wasteland to the south, and Peijin-Do has just arrived bearing gifts. That’s when word arrives that six strange creatures are marching through the wasteland to Baarbadal. Who are they? Where are they from? What do they want? And what if the biggest threat Baarbadal has ever known is not far behind them?