They had thought themselves prepared for the final battle against Ashera, after the slog that was the Tower of Guidance; they were not. After much of the group had fallen at the hand of Ashera, Soren, Micaiah, and Elincia are sent back in time by Yune in order to prevent the Judgement from happening a second time.

It had been three years since the Mad King's war, a total of twenty-two years since Almedha had gone missing, yet Kurthnaga's father did not seem to care. His brother, having left many years before, had fallen during the battle of Melior. They had left Kurth alone, but he'd had enough. His sister needed to be found.