Battles have been won, lives have been lost, limits have been tested, but the barrier has finally fallen. Prepared for her triumphant return, Queen Cassandra seeks to purge her homeland from the scourge consuming it. Cedric Rhone faces his greatest challenge to date, uniting the hearts and minds of twelve nations into the single most devastating force in the history of Terminus Mundus, the Final Alliance. Yet, when evil is cornered, their desperation results in unspeakable horrors. The walls of Verian have been made mighty for the coming assault and within them perversions of both magic and science have sworn allegiance to their own Dark Queen. As the prophecies of the "Permaneo Eques Ordinaris" falter, the heroes of the west look to one another and a new, enigmatic, ally to make these demons go away. Five revolutions ago, Abaddon destroyed Verian and killed King Stephen. It is time the Acadians had their revenge