In which Queen Ashleigh Cousland Theirin, finally cured of the taint, makes her way home to Denerim from Par Vollen. Traveling through Antiva and the Free Marches, she is accompanied by an Antivan trader headed to Jader for business. The last leg of a four year journey, the story follows Ashleigh, now exhausted and homesick, as she journeys into Ferelden.