A Warhammer Age of Sigmar story A wounded knight is tasked with a great mission: to retrieve a Chaos-tainted axe from the heart of the Writhing Weald. With corruption and darkness around him, he sets out to face his destiny. READ IT BECAUSE It's a sequel to the novel Spear of Shadows, continuing the tale of Sir Roggen as he returns home for respite and finds himself drawn into another dark mission. THE STORY Sir Roggen of the Order of the Furrow, a knight dedicated to Alarielle herself, returns to the Realm of Life after a mission for the smith god Grungni that has left him physically and mentally scarred. Tasked with a new mission by a capricious Branchwych, he travels to the heart of the Writhing Weald, a twisted and dangerous place haunted by malign spirits, to retrieve a weapon of Chaos, wielded by a servant of the Plague God and capable of spreading corruption even abandoned and alone. And there he will face a great darkness…