In the underground passages of the cathedral, by the orders of the "Black King" and his Archbishop, many people are imprisoned, tortured and executed. Some are inhabitants of khanduras, others come from Tristram, or elsewhere... But no one suspects that Queen Assyla, wife of Leoric and mother of little Albrecht, is among the prisoners.
The weeks spent locked up crying in these underground passages ended up extinguishing the magnificent green eyes of this beautiful woman...
She begins to think: "Starved of the sun, I no longer know what day it is. I can hear the Warden, my husband, and that dog Lazarus discussing my fate. My life will be over soon, yet I fear more for my poor Albrecht's future in the wake of his father's madness. If only Aidan were here..."