Each of the seasons were governed by one of four fairy princesses. A cunning archdemon commanded his army to capture them, and the seasonless world fell into an unchanging gray. The gods then sent the wizardess Sileighna to rescue them. She reached the fairies' holding chamber with surprising ease, but that in itself warned her it was a trap. Even so, she seemed composed. [Have no fear. I will open a path for you.]