Fifteen Months Later...

From the echoing recesses drowning him, a spear of alarm thrust through his mind, ripping him from his dreamless slumber. A piercing pain shot into him, and a dark orange light filled him, burning, scorching him, pouring power and purpose into the hollows of his essence. The goddesses were calling him, compelling him to awaken, to ready himself for their next command, their next task. Trapped, bound to them with still two more ...