Aspen, a town of the North. As days grow shorter and the nights grow longer, an ancient evil awakens. Men are killed, their bodies found at dawn. Strangely, it's the toughest warriors who die first. And then their bodies disappear... Aspen's Regent implores others for help, and the King of the Northern Blue Elves answers his plea... And Lanawyn and Turin are sent to lead the investigation.