 The story takes place roughly sixteen years after the events of "Far-Seer".In lieu of Afsan's discovery of the Quintaglio's real place in the universe, the Larskian faith has been abolished and worship of the Original Five hunters reinstated.Dybo is now the Emperor, with Afsan as his court astrologer, and Novato has been put in charge of the "Quintaglio Exodus"; a project meant to help the Quintaglios escape from their doomed world before it breaks apart.