Benny disappears and Alavara holds a Seance with Death to ensure that he is safe. Without Benny, the others make their way to Hammerford Fortress as planned. However, Hammerford is in bad shape. Weeks old corpses litter their way, along with a few part human, part animal, half metal Triborgs, left behind from whatever happened here. And a giant mechanical spider wearing the face of Alavara's dead husband, Fayne, seems to have eyes only for her.