The stage is now set. The Ancestors have sent the Keeper of the Flame to protect the Flame from the Darkness, but the Darkness is now in the minds of all Humankind. Marcus had done his work well and now he hunts the Flame, but Starlight was gone, he was missing from the world and even the Keeper of the Flame found reason to pause at the wonder of it. The Flame was his to stand alongside, he was the reason for his 'Being, ' but he was gone and now Keelann passed through the days without harmony as her thoughts raged against the Light; her belly was still full, but of the spirit, there was no sign.