"Come and dream the night with me..." She works in the Bard guild in the King's City. But there is one problem. She's mute. Surrounded by servants of song, and unable to tell them her name, Nocturne lives dutifully serving the highest in her order, know to him as Girl. When a new terror threatens the King, the bards find themselves taking refuge in the castle, where Nocturne's biggest secret is discovered.