After the events of his coronation, Olaori sits confidently on his father’s throne. His pride won’t let him abolish the law concerning the infamous magical village, Okuta-Ale. It is still forbidden for the inhabitants of his kingdom, and he will do anything to have it remain so.
When his best friend, and the Commander of his Army, Dehinde, suggests a getaway to relieve stress, he doesn’t count on it being a secret, night-time visit to the forbidden village. He is at first furious at the deception, till he discovers Dehinde’s unavoidable reasons. While there, he encounters an old, night woman who gives him a prophecy concerning his future as king, and the role he must play in a coming war.
He dismisses it without thought, and they return to Agbo unscathed.
A week later, a storm arises out of nowhere, and sweeps over the land, bringing with it a half dead, young woman with a strange tale and a horde of angry warriors on her tail.
She lays claim to royalty, believing herself to be the princess of a village rumoured to have been erased from existence over twenty-five years ago. She begs Olaori for help in rescuing her people from their captors, but his Army Commander and the War Chief, Dehinde and his father, are clearly against it. Unwilling to begin a war with the Highland people over an unconfirmed story, they advise the king to refuse the girl and send her away.
But Olaori’s heart burns with compassion for this unknown woman and he yearns to help her. He sneaks off on a clandestine rescue mission that goes horribly wrong, and brings all the words of the night woman’s grievous prophesy, to pass.