A Meeting of Sisters.. It had been nearly two years since Roxanne had ended the chaos and darkness of Kalud's reign of cruelty and malice. Her wounds from the battle had healed, but she remembered well the exhausting fight - Kalud had fought like the cornered animal he was, but his fear and hate blinded him with mindless rage. It only took one moment of miscalculation, and his head fell at Roxanne's feet. Now, Roxanne, and her sister Rianne had journeyed far to the north, to the realm of the Sisters of The Moon, a mysterious tribe of women of whom it was said could talk to the trees, animals, and birds of the sky. Indeed it was a Raven that brought news of the summoning to Roxanne. And now Roxanne and Rianne stood at the Temple of The Moon; the holiest place in the Northern Realm. There were they met by Kayla and her younger sister, Layla. Roxanne spoke first: "Greetings, Sisters of the Northern Realms! We have traveled far, and through many adventures to answer your summon. We are tired and hungry. Have you food and rest for two weary travelers? And we would hear why you have summoned us here." Kayla answered: "Sisters of the Western lands, we welcome you! Food and rest you shall have; and answers. We live far from your realm, but Rilaun blood flows in our veins as well. And we are all in danger, Sisters. A new threat is rising in the east." "Here is my sister Layla. She has seen but fifteen harvests, yet already she has the gift of long-vision. She sees things others cannot, and her powers and knowledge of the Deep Magic are vast. And dark things has she seen. Come, hear her wisdom, and see her vision." Layla spoke softly, yet with a voice that seemed to come from a time beyond reckoning: "Sisters, see now my vision." At once the two Orbitoids she was holding silently lifted into the air. A smoky vision began to take shape - a vision of a ship; a vessel of the Corsairs of the East. "A new overlord the Corsairs of the East have. He is named Rothel, the Dark-Heart, and he is the half-brother of Kalud, whom you, Roxanne, have justly slain. He has vowed revenge. He has vowed to sack and burn all realms that stand in his way until he finds and slays you." "Even, now, Sisters, his ships make their way to the shores of our fair lands. We must, all of us, stand together to defeat this new darkness." "So it shall be, Sisters!" Roxanne said. "This Rothel shall fall to my blade as did his evil half-brother!" "And his minions shall feel the sting of my Dangel!" Exclaimed Rianne. "Together we shall stand, and overcome!" "Together!" All four sisters exclaimed as one voice.