Sixty years ago, the blind seer-goddess Morgana foresaw the end of the world. To buyhumanity a future, she tore her own divinity from her body, shattered it into twelveEternal Embers (Shards), and entrusted each to a disciple's bloodline as a sacred steward.Then she went dormant -eyeless, voiceless, presumed myth.
She wakes to find her stewards betrayed her. Instead of guarding mankind, the twelvehouses used the Embers to build dynasties, crown themselves, and grow fat on stolenpower. So she returns in a black, crestless carriage to collect every Shard -one bloodlineat a time. By her own ancient law, each house that surrenders their Ember is granted onefinal question, one final truth, before she takes back what was hers.