The Crystal Palace

Young sorcerer Cray Ormoru's quest to locate and liberate an enigmatic woman he envisions in an enchanted mirror leads him to a crystalline structure in a supernatural icy realm.

After the sorceress Delivev Ormoru rejects his marriage proposal, sorcerer Smada Rezhyk becomes worried that she’s out to get him. In order to reduce her powers so that he’ll have time to weave himself a protective gold shirt, Rezhyk sends his demon slave Gildrum to impregnate Delivev with Rezhyk’s own seed.

Gildrum takes on the form of a handsome young knight, Mellor, and shows up injured at Delivev’s doorstep. As expected, Delivev falls in love with Mellor, but unexpectedly, Gildrum, who doesn’t even have a heart, falls in love with her, too. show more However, Gildrum must return to serve Rezhyk. He doesn’t tell Delivev he’s a demon. He lies and tells her that he’ll come back after he delivers a message.

Sure enough, Delivev becomes pregnant and gives birth to Cray. And, of course, Mellor never returns. When Cray becomes a teenager, he decides to find out what happened to his father, whom his mother still loves, creating more questions than answers. show less