Gilthas the Pathfinder led his people to a new paradise - the legendary valley of Inas-Vakenti. But the Forbidden Valley attracts others too. Adventurers and scientists, priests and madmen, evil enemies, all came there. And some came from the uninhabited valley itself. At this time, Kerianserai finally reunited with her husband, bringing her squad of soldiers with griffins to help the refugees. Gilthas insists that the elves' destiny lies among the damp mists and wandering ghosts of the forgotten valley, but no one knows whether he is right, or whether he and the Lioness are playing a game of chance - and the survival of their people is at stake.