Alqa comes across a group of refugees from Geyerliqid, a region to the west notably inhabited by the Honey-Eaters. A war has broken out in Geyerliqid and Alqa makes the decision to travel there as a mercenary captain to accumulate power in the hopes it will better protect her new family. Geyerliqid is very different from Qiiräz however and she must contend with discrimination and hatefulness from the locals, in addition to her new duties as a war leader.