After leaving the city of Myriada to see what lies east beyond the lantern line of the city's buffer zone, a hardy group of four has explored most of the Cluaran na Bantraich, (Eld for the Widow's Thistle hills). Having dared to enter the door embedded in the earth in the center of the Pillars of the Sky-Mourners, they have engaged in battle with the frightening creatures that dwell beneath the earth... but now, wounded and in need of rest, they need to find a safe a secure place to rest. But...will they??