It's been over a year since the mission that sent Gaia and Trys straying into the accursed village.
Now, she was captured. She and some of the surviving members of her squad were held captive in the cellars.
"Gaia Weithweld! Angie Stormon! Pauli Hazelden! Lily Drosea!"
The warder filed out the culprits with a roll call. All four of them, the last surviving members of the twenty-man squad tasked with delivering an artefact to the Capital.
The kingdom of Cucurel was established right in the heart of Nortvard; the centre of the continent. The Council of Sorcery built their castle in Cucurel, and so did Blancan Veir. Word was sent across to every lord of the houses that mattered, requesting their presence at their Hall of Magic, where the trial was scheduled to hold.