After returning from their mission to retrieve the Andomal, Skandia's most precious artifact, the Herons along with their skirl Hal restore their honor. However, now they face a new crisis, tracking down an old rival Tursgud, who now has a crew of pirates and has taken twelve Araluen people as captives. And now, accompanied by one of the finest Rangers of Araluen, Hal and the Herons now must pursue Tursgud and save the captives, before they are sold into slavery.