War breaks out in the far north, as the Empire's oppression of the mountain people results in a terrifying backlash. With the one competent leader in the Northern Garrison assassinated, the ignorant garrison commander flings the troops headlong into a highly defended, mountainous position, with disastrous results.  Ikta and his friends are kept as part of the reserves for now, but it won't be long until they're thrust into the war as well.
We say that the spirits come 
from Alderamin to begin with.
نقولُ أنّ الأرواح تأتي من ألديرامين أصلاً
Wir sagen, dass die Geister
ursprünglich von Alderamin abstammen.
Decimos que los espíritus
proceden de Alderamin.
Decimos que los espíritus
proceden de Alderamin.
L’existence des esprits s’explique
par l’intervention de Dieu.
Noi sosteniamo che tutti gli spiriti
siano originati da Alderamin.
A existência dos espíritos se 
deve à existência de Alderamin.
Нам говорят, что все духи
 произошли от бога Альдерамина.