On the day after Reckoning, Alptraum bids farewell to his friends and family, and is given a warning by Sheriff Darken to beware of the dangers on the road. He takes off, with Autumn-Storm in tow, on a quest to retrieve the Duchess Eve's stolen pendant.

Many days later, on Fool's Day, Alptraum and Autumn-Storm have set up camp, only to be interrupted by another appearance by the ghost of the pirate Korv, Klaus Schmidt, though Alptraum dispels the ghost fairly easily. He settles down to sleep for the night, and has another strange dream. In this one, he sees a mountain, and struggles against some hostile shades to reach a girl standing atop a temple – a girl with features very like his own. He at last makes it, and she indicates that she is an acolyte, and does not understand why Alptraum has the pendant he carries, or who he might be. She supposes that he would be given that pendant only by a Daughter (a Yodh – a priestess of the Seven Sisters, though Alptraum does not know this).

Alptraum awakens, finding that Autumn-Storm is ready to go … and that she's already managed to discover his secret, that he's actually a blood-drinker, as she's caught a live rabbit for him to feed upon. Alptraum, surprised, accepts the gift, and they continue their journey.