With Obsydia’s chaos growing and more kingdoms falling under her control, Runa, Mellypip and their friends scramble to find a way to stop her from discarding her mortal form and claiming their world in the name of her Eternal Father Ahridum and plunging it into a never-ending age of darkness and evil.
Two Curses: First, a Curse of Darkness... Deep within the Thill forest, stands a tree made of human bones, crowned in black leaves and red thorns. Second a Curse of Light... Beneath the Wastelands of Skarros, a crystal imprisons a dark, immortal queen.
When Mellypip, bonds with the young sorceress Runa, he shares in the wonders of magic. Together, Mellypip and Runa train under the tutelage of Runa's grandfather, Cathal, and his cantankerous mountain owl familiar, Belwyn. But secrets and spells do not make for good sorcery.