Battle Lost... With the exception of a few fighters, the Black Squad is defeated. The lady was also considered dead, but she managed to survive. Steadily following her plan, she gathers a new army. Soon she will have to fight back her greatest enemy - the Master of Shadows. But this requires much larger forces than the mercenaries of the Black Squad. To achieve her goal, the Mistress joins a sect of stranglers that both sides fear. Stranglers cry for help to the ancient goddess Kina, because the Year of Skulls is approaching, and according to legend, he will destroy Taglios.