Thirty years ago, Ineluki, the Storm King, was defeated and his armies scattered. Since then, Bright Ard has existed peacefully under the rule of Simon Snow Strand and Miriamel, daughter and heiress of King Elias. But it is more and more difficult to rule them - the autumn of their life has come. Prophetic dreams have left Simon, old friends and allies are dying, and he himself is threatened with betrayal. In this darkening world, a new journey awaits Simon. In the North, in the icy mountain fortress of the Storm King Nakigge, the Norn Queen wakes up from a deep long-term dream. She tells her people to destroy the human world. Her sorcerers will return the fallen demon from oblivion, and the Claw troops will begin to scour Ard in search of the blood of a living dragon... Finally, the greatest artifact, the Witch Tree Crown, will belong to her. And then humanity will fall.