Father Universe and Mother Flame imprison Uusoae. Then, Uusoae appears and tries to kill Daine. Daine pursues Ozorne when he flees, and kills him. The book ends with a description of the battle of Port Legann. Kitten’s grandparents bring them back to the mortal realm. After a short conversation regarding that, Rikash and various other Stormwings carry them to the Dragonlands. A group of spidrens almost kill Daine, and when Numair rescues her, they kiss. Ozorne’s efforts allow her to tap into the mortal realm to bolster her power. Uusoae, the queen of chaos, is fighting her siblings, the gods. Through this journey, Gainel the dream lord, tells them that the Tortallan war has a greater source. This prompts a journey through the Divine Realm, facing off against divine threats, immortal opponents, and dealing with darklings. Daine’s parent’s can’t return them to the mortal realm, but they hope that the Dragons can. After a time spent with her parents Daine and Numair leave for the Dragonlands. In addition, Daine’s father is Weiryn, an antlered god of the hunt. After losing that battle, Daine’s parents pull them into the Divine Realm. Jonathan sends Daine and Numair after a new monster, called Skinners. By Midsummer, Tortall is in the midst of a brutal war against immortals and mortals alike. The barrier that once kept the immortals from entering en mass.
The story begins at Midwinter, a few months after Emperor Mage, when the barrier between the divine realm and the human realm falls. Vague spoilers for future books regarding Daine and Numair’s relationship. Spoiler warning for all the previous books in this series. The morality of that relationship is something that will be discussed at length below. I am, of course, referring to the relationship between Daine and Numair. Things that might have been more easily accepted then are now widely debated topics on the internet. We’re now twenty-two years past the initial publication date.
I’ve been thinking about it since I started writing this series of articles. It’s that changed world context that has had me apprehensive of this piece. This is interesting in both the content of her story, and in the context of a changed world. In doing so, Pierce shows us different aspects of morality, largely through contrast. Published in 1996, this book concludes Daine’s story arc. Everything has lead up to this, Pierce’s final novel of the Immortals Quartet, Realms of the Gods.
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