For ages the great tree sealed the darkness buried in the depths below Nal'Lucan. Patron goddess, and spiritual source for the Enchantresses of Alurn, was contained within the tree...but the evil in the depths had been growing. As the seals were fracturing, the Circle of Enchantresses prepared a vessel, in hopes to renew their patron spirit, and stop the approaching disaster. Meanwhile Ashley Hearthshire, the fourth and youngest son of the duke of Alurn, is facing a bleak future. On the outs with his father, his unwillingness to fall in line with his father's plans for him has gotten him cut off. As twin brother of the intended host, a long forgotten psychic connection with his sister served as a conduit for the Spirit to escape destruction. Now possessed of a budding divine power, and remade in his sister's likeness, will Ashley be able to stop the darkness in the depths as it emerges? Or will the world face a thousand years of darkness?