Ruti learns what it means to be the Hero, and Theodora has a change of heart. Ruti enjoys the slow life. Red and company attend Ares' funeral and ponder the mystery of the holy swords. Red and Rit grow even closer, but is a complication on the horizon?

Red heads for a mountain range called the Wall at the World's End with his lover Rit and sister Ruti. It was supposed to be an easy trip to get materials for an engagement ring to give to Rit, but...