It's time to finish this.

Darius has spent the last year honing his Aspect powers, he's at his physical, mental, and spiritual peak, a hero on his new home island and one of the finest warriors he's ever known. If only it could last.

The winds of change tear across the world; assassinations, arrests, and upheavals drag Darius back to his hometown, and throw him to the wilds. Old enemies Darius had thought dead hunt him with a vengeance. The mad mage Antanar aims higher than just killing Darius; he seeks the return of a goddess; one who was banished for a very good reason; consequences be damned.

Outmatched at his own game, Darius will need to compromise: either work with the Empire he's grown to despise, and learn to accept a little help, or die with his pride, laying in the same ground as the many friends he's already lost.

Darius might just have to sacrifice everything to stop the mad wizard's prophecy in its tracks. No matter what path he takes, it's a deadly road ahead...