King Thranduil of Mirkwood has chosen an evil path, and has led his kingdom to darkness. He betrayed his people, and sold them into slavery, then disappeared. A small group managed to escape. One of them, Merethyl Audark, has the ability to time bend. She goes back in time to before Thranduil rebelled, to kill him. But her plans change as she slowly gets to know the King before his mind was overcome by darkness.