Shekaru biyu bayan da Sunla Rune ta buge Lordlake, Sarauniya Arshtat ta aike da ɗanta Yarima, da 'yar'uwarta Sialeeds, da masu gadinsu na gidan sarauta Lyon da Georg Prime don duba halin da garin ya lalace. Yariman yana ganin mummunan yanayin garin da ya bushe kuma ya ba da rahoto game da shi, amma Arshtat ya raina wannan; ta bayyana cewa 'yan ƙasa na Lordlake sun cancanci lalacewarsu saboda satar Dawn Rune. Mijin Arshtat Ferid ya ja hankalinta ya dawo cikin hayyacinta, kuma ta watsar da taron dubawa da raɗaɗi.
Batu na gaba game da jayayya shine Wasanni Masu Tsarki don hannun gimbiya Lymsleia a cikin aure, ana yin ta ne da wuri don Lymsleia 'yar shekara goma. Manyan 'yan takarar biyu, dukkansu suna wakiltar kansu tare da zakara, sun fito ne daga manyan gidaje masu kishi: Euram Barows, da tsohon saurayin Sialeeds, Gizel Godwin mai kwarjini. Iyalin gidan sarauta, duk da haka, sun fi son bakon Belcoot, a matsayin zaɓi na tsaka tsaki wanda ba zai iya haifar da rikici ba; Yariman ya yi ƙoƙari ya taimaka wa Belcoot a hankali tare da amincewar Ferid. Koyaya, Gizel ya sami nasarar magudin Wasannin don amfaninshi, kuma zakaransa Childerich ya kayar da Belcoot mai ƙwaya yayin da aka cire zakaran Barow.
Koyaya, Lord Marscal Godwin, mahaifin Gizel, bai cika jin daɗin ayyukan Gizel ba, yana tunanin cewa ya sanya abokin gaba ga Yarima da dangin masarauta gaba ɗaya tare da makircinsa. Bugu da kari, dangin masarauta sun dauki Zegai, zakaran Barows, a cikin tsarewar kansu, wanda watakila zai iya taimakawa wajen bayyanar da yaudarar Godwins da ba da uzuri don soke yarjejeniyar. Don haka, Godwins sun ƙaddamar da wani harin wuce gona da iri a wurin bikin shiga cikin Sol-Falena, babban birnin Falena. Arshtat da Ferid sun yi tsammani kuma sun shirya don kai harin, amma ba sa hannun fitattun masu kisan gilla na Nether Gate, waɗanda suka mamaye kariyar fadar. Gwagwarmayar ta kawo ƙarshen mutuwar Arshtat da Ferid, yayin da Lymsleia ta sami kanta a zaman fursuna. Yarima Ardil, Lyon, Georg, da Sialeeds an tilasta musu gudu.
