He had always felt that Twyll should have been the Captain of the Koteli. Twyll was empathetic, resourceful, patient, good-humored, and the men listened to him. He was everything Maddau was not. AND he was a better swordsman, too! But his fate, indeed the fate of all the Koteli, was set from the first day they received their charge, and confirmed when they answered the Call. Now, when the hour has arrived to pay the dues set forth in contracts sealed upon their lives ages before they were born, Maddau faces pursuit by the Lords of the Darkness without, and his own internal Darkness within. Will he fulfill his birthright, or will he choose to finally put himself first? The powerful forces of Darkness and Light battle for control of the elements of power in this world while the Captain of the Koteli battles himself for his own soul. All the futures on all the Planes of Existence hang in the balance. Will Love's Forgiveness rescue this world from the Cothedan Darkness? Or will the Dark Eternalia reign supreme? How will you Answer the Call?