Includes Thea Hutcheson's "The Gleaming Crater": A directionless young mage named Janos receives a vision from the goddess Melasia pointing him toward the ash-choked ruin of Mount Oryum. When a desperate, spirit-driven traveler named Willia arrives asking him to guide her there, Janos realizes his vision and her quest are tangled together — and that reaching the mountain's summit will cost far more than the journey itself.