A father and daughter make a gruesome find outside of Moria. Their resulting investigation leads them to Lothlorien and onto greater challenges as the Order of the Tower Guard enters southern Mirkwood.

The people of the Combine Empire are returning to Antonica after a centuries long exile to Kunark. The Shissar Empire does not plan to let them go quietly, it seems. A boy wakes upon a ship the morning after a night of fire and death forces a group to flee. The previous night's horror is just the first challenge he will have to overcome.