At the end of last year, the Grendel were rebuffed from Redoubt after a failed attempt to seize the port of Elos. In their wake came the Children of Wrecks, likewise keen to attack Elos, and likewise rebuffed despite unexpected support from Marcher malcontents. During the Winter Solstice, Imperial heroes faced a second serious attack by the servants of the Mistress of Wrecks when they sought to devastate the spires of Visten with supernatual power drawn from the Ribbon of Salt.
