“It’s impossible,” you tell yourself, over and over. Two years had passed since your husband, Runaan, had died while assassinating King Harrow. But now, the Assassin’s Lotus was claiming he was alive? It couldn’t be true… but what if, by some cruel twist of fate, he was?

With a mixture of dread and hope, you make your way through the forests, pushing aside branches and hacking through thick undergrowth as you cross into human lands. Everything here feels strange and empty; not a single creature or plant possesses the faintest trace of magic. Finally, you reach Katolis, only to find it reduced to ruins, scorched and desolate. The people of the kingdom now live in makeshift tents scattered through the nearby woods. You’re not here to dwell on their suffering, but perhaps they might hold a clue to Runaan’s fate.