During a mission where Bromm and Vorkeen are in charge of freeing a child-mage in the heart of the Sighs, their intervention goes wrong. Bromm makes a call for help so powerful that it is perceived by all the Inquisitors of Oscitan. Iliantn, young mage lycanthrope, and Galween are sent to rescue their companions. At the scene, they discover a bloodbath. All have been savagely killed and Bromm has disappeared. Iliantn and Galween then go hunting, with the hope of saving Bromm.