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?
but since I was the one who 
came up with this plan,
،لكن بما أنّني كنتُ أنا من رسمَ هذه الخطّة
aber da mir dieser Plan
eingefallen ist, …
pero ya que fui quien lo propuso,
pero ya que fui quien lo propuso,
mais je me porte volontaire
ma dal momento che sono stato io
a formulare il piano,
Como responsável por
 formar esse plano,