After the reclamation of Bastion, during which Helena Thornweave, believed to have helped orchestrate the 'shavs' that occupied the city, escaped. After months of quiet menace, several attacks throughout the Oathlands, Crownlands, and the souther border of the North have indicated that she's making another attempt on the Compact. Discovering the nature of the threat she presents and reinforcing the defenses of the aress she targets is important as is figuring out what is up with all these weird trees...