Years after the war between Aarian and Moriana has ended, a strange darkness is seeping across the land. Within the boundaries of Moriana some begin to go mad, other simply go missing without a trace. Desperate to stop the spread of the darkness, Zoran, Emperor of Moriana, seeks an alliance with Aarian. When he is denied, Zoran’s men take matters into their own hands. Found fleeing from the Palace of Aarian, Phoebe is taken prisoner by her enemy and taken into the dark lands of Moriana. Zoran longs for his prisoner to see the evil that is taking over his country and the plight of his beloved people. He needs her to see so that she might tell her kin of the darkness and gain their help in defeating it before it spreads to Aarian. Time is running out, if Phoebe refuses to listen and help those whom she can only see as the enemy, all will be lost.