The Sinack have been subdued, but the Imperial Army finds that it's been caught in a trap!  A huge army from the Aldera nation has crossed the supposedly-impassable northern mountains, and threatens to overwhelm the exhausted Imperial forces.  Ikta's only way out is to force a peace treaty with the Sinack and ask for their help, which means going to their defeated leader and abasing himself.  Will she respond to his pleas, after the Imperials burned her village and killed her people?  How far is he willing to go earn her forgiveness?
More precisely, the Aldera army
itself is just a pawn.
بعبارة أدقّ، جيش ألديرا بحدِّ ذاته هو مجرّد بيدق
Doch auch die Aldera-Armee
ist nur eine Schachfigur.
Y para ser más preciso, el ejército
de Aldera no es más que un peón.
Y para ser más preciso, el ejército
de Aldera no es más que un peón.
En fait, l’armée d’Aldera
n’est qu’un pion dans cette affaire.
Per essere precisi, l'esercito di Aldera 
è esso stesso solo una pedina.
Para ser mais exato, o exército de Aldera
 não passa de uma peça no tabuleiro.
Впрочем, армия Альдеры — всего лишь пешка.