 Meanwhile, The King of the Silver River realizes the state of the Four Lands and makes a beautiful woman out of the elements surrounding him in his garden including a dove for a heart.The King tells his daughter, Quickening, of the task that she must carry out, for there is trouble in a lost city to the north, and the people to take with her.Morgan Leah returns to Culhaven to carry out a final request from his old friend Steff who met his demise in "The Scions of Shannara" and quickly becomes imprisoned.