The self proclaimed president for life, Baramass Lorr is dead. Septimus Llan is determined to make good his promise to help Kaellan and his crew get the crashed escape shuttle back into space. Kaellan is eager to return to their part of the galaxy to continue the struggle against the darkness that is the Tekkan Empire. Life within the four towers begins to return to normal, except that a faction of the priesthood known as the servants of prophecy have other ideas.