Owen Jeanes, the estranged Crown Prince of Aurelia, descends into madness after being framed by the Green Swift. Thirteen years after separating from Emperor Victor Magnus, he leads the War God's Temple before collapsing into Rivertown. While the Swift tends to his broken mind, Aaron Cheshire, the magistrate's son, plots against her and frames Owen again. Victor Magnus finally arrives, and the long-overdue reckoning begins.
