Arngend, Castoriga and Navaya lost their kings. The Grail Empire was left without an empress. The Church lost its patriarch - he did not die, but was forced to flee. The night has lost Harulk Windwalker, the greatest of the fearsome primordial deities. New kings will be found. Another empress will soon appear in the Grail Empire. The patriarchal throne will not remain empty. There will never be a new Windwalker. The oldest and most ferocious of the Weapons perished - at the hand of a mortal! The night is seized with horror. The whole world is in terror. The ice is growing and moving south.