At the four-clan banquet, Ash announces Noah (Lunar Omega) and Elias (Frostfang) are fated. Damian (Moonveil) and Lucian (Bloodthorn) abduct Noah, use Grey Mist to blind/deafen and violate him, but cannot mark him. They fake his escape. Elias nurses shattered Noah; Frostfang rejects him as tainted. The lords seize both houses and jail them. Noah feigns submission, fuels their infighting, frees Elias, and retakes both houses. Corrupted, Noah becomes Wolf King and jails Damian and Lucian.