The Scythian, known in the Underworld as the tiefling Hakkar, dean of the worst legion, must gain an audience with Prince Belial to obtain the Embers of Hellfire. His friends are not idle either. Utes, now “awakened” again, goes to Terrastera, where he can learn how to create a Breach into the Abyss. Infect is engaged in excavations in the Lahari Desert. A bomb carrier is on its way to the underwater kingdom of the nagas. Crawler aims to be the first in the world to build the fifth level of the magic tower. Tissa and Irita are engaged in the development of the clan, whose newcomer, Gyros, is struggling with his own demons. Meanwhile, the legates of the Plague Pestilence gather a horde of undead and advance on Kharinza...