 Eugene returns to his empire and the three other Drakhaouls seek out the descendants of Artamon.Sahariel finds Oskar Alvborg, the illegitimate brother of Eugene, Adramelech finds Andrei Orlov, the brother of Astasia, Eugene’s newlywed wife, and Nilaihah seeks out the fervently religious Enguerrand of Francia under the guise of an angel.Throughout "Children of the Serpent Gate", these three men are driven by the desires of their Drakhaouls to kidnap the Drakhouls’ children and take them to Ty Nagar, where they would be sacrificed in order to free Nagazdiel and plunge the world into darkness.