Going back in time to when Horthólary was a boy, Dii Nixi relates the story of two feuding families battling for dominance high up in the unpopulated forests of Montagascony. When one of their daughters becomes pregnant and a son dies of an unusual sickness there are calls for revenge. It is the young Horthólary who traces the disturbances to the secrets of an isolated pool.
Going back in time to when Horthólary was a boy, Dii Nixi relates the story of two feuding families battling for dominance high up in the unpopulated forests of Montagascony. When one of their daughters becomes pregnant and a son dies of an unusual sickness there are calls for revenge. It is the young Horthólary who traces the disturbances to the secrets of an isolated pool.
