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?
We know the Sinack used them
 to conceal their identity,
،نعلمُ أنّ شيناك استخدموها لإخفاء هويّتهم
Uns war klar, dass die Sinack diese nutzten,
um unbemerkt einzudringen, …
Los sinacks los utilizaron
para disfrazarse.
Los sinacks los utilizaron
para disfrazarse.
Les Shinaak l’ont utilisée
pour s’infiltrer.
Sappiamo che i Sinack 
li hanno usati per camuffarsi,
Sei que os sinacks as usaram para
 esconderem suas identidades
Ясное дело, синакцы 
их использовали для прикрытия,