Schaal travels with Liza and Coup de Grace, as she searches for the missing Hank. But along the journey, Major Claude announces that Hank is the next target for extermination by his corps. Meanwhile, Hank is locked in a battle to the death with his former subordinate, the Incarnate Garmr, who urges Hank to give up his human form entirely so they can fight each other as true Beasts...