two, Kim encounters Themistocles travelling through Magic Moon to gather allies against Boraas, and accompanies him to the last station of his journey, the realm of the Steppe Riders. In their capital fortress Caivallon, Kim and Themistocles try to persuade King Harkvan and Prince Priwinn to join forces with them, but the proud Steppe Riders decline. Afterwards, the troupe travels to Gorywynn the Glassy, the capital of Magic Moon, where Gorg and Kelhim introduce him to Rangarig, a golden dragon. While attending a council of war, Kim learns that Boraas has gained a mysterious ally named the Dark Lord, whose appearance predicts the certain destruction of Magic Moon. Kim is possessed by a spiritual oracle who tells the assembled that Kim is to seek help from the King of Rainbows, who rules a celestial realm beyond the physical borders of Magic Moon. Kim is determined to seek out the King of Rainbows, but Themistocles refuses. Shortly after, Priwinn and a number of Steppe Riders arrive as refugees in Gorywynn and relate how Boraas' army has razed Caivallon to the ground and killed Harkvan. Now fully determined to stop Boraas and save Magic Moon, Kim sneaks out of Gorywynn to find the King of Rainbows, joined by Gorg, Kelhim, Rangarig and Priwinn. The companions proceed to their first station, the Gorge of Souls, the renmant of a horrible war predating Magic Moon's existence, to follow the course of the Vanished River to Castle Worldend, the gate to the Rainbow King's realm. As they travel, they end up saving a farmer named Brobing and his family from a raiding party and find themselves hounded by Baron Kart and a massive contingent of Boraas' army. Descending into the Gorge to find the way, they have to content with a gigantic tatzelwurm, and Rangarig sacrifices himself to help his friends get past the beast. The companions are later joined by Ado after he and his father thwart an attack by Baron Kart at the cost of the Pond King's life, and Gorg later stays behind to delay Kart once more. Later, in the Icy Wasteland surrounding Castle Worldend, Kart and the renmants of his army catch up with them, but the attack is stalled by a group of ice giants living in Worldend. Kim and his friends are given shelter, but the ice giants declare that beyond opening the way to the Rainbow King,