While complex political and magical intrigues are woven on the Islands of the Rainbow Archipelago and mysterious ghosts and demons appear from nowhere, the hunt for the groom is on. A noble elven lady, with tenacity worthy of better use, is looking for her fugitive groom throughout the empire. A restless elf, fleeing an unwanted marriage, travels in an interesting company through the lands of elves, alfars, and gnomes. Each of his companions, it would seem, is pursuing their own goal, but all their stories are woven into one knot. Will it ever be untied?