Mourning her husband Thaydon, Vodali refugee Brynn Dahl learns that the Yunka veteran might still be alive. During a widespread plague, Brynn and her family take to the road in search of Thaydon, while faraway a lone Yunka dwells with other former soldiers. Strivek retains nothing from his past other than a scrap of Vodali cloth, its design like a tattoo imprinted along his battle-scarred skin.