War Maid's Choice

The Dark Gods' conquest of the continent of Norfressa will give them control of an entire universe. The wizard lords of Kontovar have spent 1,200 years preparing to give them that conquest, and the odds are heavily in their favor. There are still a few problems standing in the way of an orderly occupation, though. Problems like the Order of Tomanāk, led by Bahzell Bahnakson of the Horse Stealer Hradani and the other champions of the war god. Problems like Prince Bahnak Karathson's unification of the barbarian hradani into Norfressa's newest kingdom. Problems like the fact that the hradani's traditionally bitter and genocidal enemies, the horse-breeding Sothōii, are actually feeling their way towards an *alliance* with Prince Bahnak. Or like the newly emerged phenomena of the psionically gifted magi and the uppity, independent-minded war maids of the Sothōii. It's all very frustrating for Phrobus, ruler of the Dark Gods, and his children. They've tried - and failed - three times now to eliminate Bahzell and those around him, for they recognize that in all the manifold possible destinies of Norfressa, those are the opponents most likely to defeat them. Now it's time for them to try again... And succeed.