Dark shadows have fallen over the land, which Winslaks reads as an elemental imbalance. So he redoubles his efforts to break out of his seal and lead Batsuo and Ludia closer to Fashim and Kam where they discover that the imbalance is a result of a fight that has broken out between Fashim and Darneshia. Meanwhile, back at Urug Slay, the rizom locked in a basement cell in the City of Sciences is revealed to be Laolyth. And, he learns in disbelief that the scientists are also looking for Kam.
