"I suppose there's no point in playing stupid anymore. He insists that his daughter is a princess, and as such, deserves to know about her homeland. I still insist that her homeland may not even exist anymore." Aeron is a child of night. She spent the last 200 years protecting her way of life, until her elders demanded she forfeit her husband for citizenship. Now alone for the first time in her life, she meets a young woman on a quest of her own- to meet with the monastic Order of the Golden Palm. Here, Aeron spends her time making amends for her past life, but unknown to anyone, her desertion triggered something greater than she could imagine. The very balance of the world lies in five beautiful gems- and the Golden Palm's enemy, the Ebeon Claw, has stolen the stones. It's up to Aeron and her companions to retrieve the stones. But the Ebeon Claw is a far more ancient order than Aeron has been lead to believe. To take back the stones and defend her world, it would mean her death. To save her home, she must leave it--- abandoning the world and the Golden Palm to utter ruin.