The Empire of Saramyr is pure. The Weavers have ensured that. No Aberrant child can be suffered to live. Their twisted, unnatural powers are simply too dangerous to be given free rein in the world. In noble houses across the land, the Weavers don their Masks and send silent messages across the Weave, binding the high families together, The Weavers are indispensible, the last bastion against the evil that threatens to taint the vast empire. Until the Empress' own Weaver discovers that the daughter of the Empress is an Aberrant herself.