Back in the Kingdom of Caux after her journey to its sisterland  Ivy wakes up in a dismal orphanage alongside her friend Rue Accompanied by a strange woman named Lumpen—who looks suspiciously like a scarecrow—the girls make their way back to Templar to plan a massive battle against the Tasters Guild  where Vidal Verjouce is making ink out of the deadly Scourge Bracken weed