Iris Chase's property was divided by Uncle Gareth and Uncle Connor, leaving her a dilapidated house. She unearthed a Spirit Jade Pendant, connected her across time to Xander Thorne, a general. Cross-time transactions: she sent grain, fodder, Xander gifted gold, jade. Midway, they swapped bodies, experiencing each other's lives. Zane Ashina kidnapped Iris to avenge his brother. Xander rescued her, quelled the border crisis. They promised to travel across millennia to meet, stay together.