Touching a sarcophagus bearing her face, Elinor is flung 3000 years back to Asera, where prophecies foretell ruin at her coming, the pharaoh's fall, and the queen's death. Samen usurps the throne; Elinor frees Didis and restores the king. Taya then dies as 'Elinor', buried in the nameless queen's tomb, the sarcophagus she touched. Loop closed, the scarab sends her home, but she returns to Didis.
