Mere days after their return from Nyambe, the elite RPA agents find themselves facing three tasks or stories to investigate: They hear stories of rampaging serpants in the north of the Critics Teeth. Getting Dwalor's ashes consecrated and blessed so that his soul may atone for the evil he preformed as an ndalawo in Nyambe. Investigating the death and unraisability of the famed Glesnokian weaponsmith Temitope They decide to pursue the third one first.This leads them discover a conspiracy of two soul-nappers working for a mysterious third party named, Chidiebere. Apparently the soul-nappers were following a list of targeted, highly skilled weaponsmiths, Temitope was the fifth name on this list. After investigating and questioning witnesses in Glesnok they traced the staged death back to two humans, using astral projection.