After raising her four imperial children and helping over a hundred spirits of Nuremberg cross over to the spiritual plane, Kyanna questions what is next in her future. Unwittingly, she is pulled before Helmsman, who provides her with the sage wisdom of the Druids and her next conquest to achieve.

Raeven has kept herself busy doing what she loves best, healing Britons. She has taken her nephew Lorcan under her wing when she finds she has a new power of healing. In the face of corruption, she must conjure this power to persuade many leaders to forego their ill-intent ways in exchange for peace.

Estrilda has learned throughout her years that it is best to conceal her Druid priestess powers, even from Queen Kyanna. But such powers beckon to be called upon and are fatefully uncovered. Her soon-to-be sisters have much work to do to bring her into their magical prowess.

Since humanity’s beginning, Helmsman has overseen its progress. She only intervenes when humanity strays too far from its potential actualization. She presides above the Earth in Helms Observatory, peering through crystalline walls to its surface. The observatory’s energy casts her into different appearances, depending on her objective. Now, amid the Holy Roman Empire’s chaos, she recruits the Druidesses to guide its leaders.

The Emperor’s closest assistant, that is, until Archbishop Heinrich influences his loyalties. Gervase disagrees with the political undertakings the Queen chooses to pursue. He sees it as his duty to subjugate her into a submissive role he perceives as her rightful place as a queen.

Heinrich, the Archbishop of Cologne, has other plans for the northern territory of the Empire, and these do not include Emperor Alaric reigning over it. Heinrich is aware the Queen holds mystical powers but believes she is no match for his eminent strength.