The Godking's advance casts a long shadow over the Empire. The western theater grows more deadly with each passing day. The Nameless Boy, once enslaved as a child soldier, finds a glimmer of tentative freedom, but the journey to reach it is fraught with danger. Sio, a new officer, faces the harsh reality of war - the constant threat of losing everything she holds dear: friends, family, and the empire she swore to protect.