The halfbreed King Pren-Hooke confesses his culpability in participating in the murders of the people of Copperweal. The humans desert his army. The elves are complicit with the dwarves. Cheron leads his army into Arlot. Lord Brokil of the dwarven Clevrilites, boasts that King Ansil, the One King of the united nation of the dwarves, will rule again. According to him, the War of the Races is imminent. The elves Pindar and Poscoe conceive a son, an unheard of act among the elves. The boy is destined to become the King of the Elves. But a wizard is intent on slaying the unborn child.