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.
But the Sinack's spirit religion exists 
without any reference to Alderamin.
لكن دِين روح شيناك موجود
دون أي إشارة إلى ألديرامين
Doch die Religion der Sinack
hat keinen Bezug zu Alderamin.
Pero la religión de los sinack
existe sin hacer referencia a Alderamin.
Pero la religión de los sinack
existe sin hacer referencia a Alderamin.
Pourtant, leur croyance existe bien
indépendamment d’Alderamin.
Nel culto degli spiriti dei Sinack, però,
Mas na fé dos sinacks os espíritos existem
 independentemente de Alderamin.
Синакцы верят в духов, 
независимых от Альдерамина.