During Kaz's second attempt to rescue H'earring, Chaor and the UnderWorlders plan to ambush the M'arrillians in a fiery trap involving Ulmar's Annihilizer near the oil-filled Marsh of Murk. Kaz ends up mind-controlled and Tom tries to rescue him while Sarah and Peyton look for a new battlegear called a Mindbander that can negate the hypnosis. Though both Tom and Chaor succeed, Milla'iin and the others took shelter in the oil field and thus survived. Aa'une speaks through a hypnotized Rarran and tells Chaor that while he was busy here, Lord Van Bloot (who Phelphor still controls) and his army took control of Underworld City.
