Ophilia rescues the child kidnapped by the Savior's followers and performs the rite, but she is later betrayed by Lianna. Ophilia must hurry to Wispermill in the Flatlands in pursuit of her sister and the stolen ember.
After defeating Lucia in the ancient ruins, Cyrus succeeds in deciphering From the Far Reaches of Hell. He continues his research, resolute in his personal mission to see knowledge passed on to future generations.
Tressa dreams of becoming a renowned merchant. With the mysterious notebook she received from Captain Leon in hand, she sets out on her journey to see all the treasures the world holds.
Tressa rescues her rival, Ali, and drives Morlock from the town. Before resuming her journey, Tressa promises Ali they will one day meet again at the Merchants' Fair.
After reuniting with Leon and hearing him tell of his friend Baltazar, Tressa wonders just what she treasures most. With those thoughts in mind, she makes for Grandport and the Merchants' Fair.
Content in the knowledge that her journey itself was her treasure all along, Tressa entrusts the next chapter of the journal to Noa and presses on, determined to become a famed merchant.
The denizens of Cobbleston come out to give their hero Olberic a proper sendoff. The battle with the brigands behind him, Olberic sets out with a renewed sense of purpose.
The brief reunion of the twin blades of Hornburg comes to an end as Olberic takes his leave of the desert town in search of his true adversary: the tyrant Werner.
Primrose, finally in possession of the lead she needed, takes off in pursuit of the three men bearing the mark of the crow—the men against whom she swore revenge.
Alfyn exposes Vanessa's plot to sicken the residents of Goldshore so she may treat them at a premium, and saves a young girl who fell ill by Vanessa's hand. His journey now takes him to Saintsbridge, the largest city in the Riverlands.
Alfyn's faith in his journey is shaken when a man he helped nearly kills a young boy. Ogen's theory that some lives aren't worth saving echoes in Alfyn's head as he makes his way to the Cliftlands.
H'aanit finds Z'aanta turned to stone by the beast known as Redeye. Following the instructions in Z'aanta's letter, she travels to see Susanna the Seeress.
H'aanit fells a dragon and obtains the herb that should ward off Redeye's curse. Brew in hand, H'aanit makes haste for the desert where Redeye was last seen.