A succession battle for the throne is underway in the elf country following the sudden and suspicious death of their king Anolion. Several competing factions nominate their greatest fighters to represent their candidates, and among them are some familiar faces: Beatrix the Sword Saint and even Shadow Garden’s own Alpha, who has assumed a masculine disguise. And she’s not the only one—Cid adopts a new shadowbroker role of the wise, mysterious teacher to a young elf girl who is desperate to stake her claim as the next elven monarch!