Even the bandits who prowl the fringes of Rasakk territory stay away from the demon cave. They left their man where he lay with the spear in him - as if it had grown right through muscle and bone.

But there aren't any demons in the cave - just the young men and women who drove them out even as they themselves were driven out of their home.

Halfway across the world from Daria and Teraf, a small band of the shapeless are struggling for survival.