A familiar spire looms in the distance, calling the party to it; what they find is the town of Bounty, which is slowly sinking beneath the sands as it is sucked towards the spire. Bounty has been living in the shadow of the obsidian spire for a year, with no help from the Thrice-Wise Magus or the Tyrant Emperor, though they are quite sure that help will be arriving soon. Faced with a chance to explore the insides of a fully operational and active spire, with no pressing time limit, the adventurers take it. What is revealed only raises more questions.