Fifteen years have passed since the fire that ravaged Fort Druz. The Order of the Talion has not been destroyed. The power has only changed hands, from those of the archivists to those of the lords of the Bank of Peter. Purchased by the murderer masters of the Black Lodge, Ordo has renounced his vengeance... Until the day when the beautiful and mysterious Derdhr, one of the most powerful lords of the Bank of Peter, comes to find him to propose to him to finish what he began...