The daughter of Deposed Empress Eleanor, Ember Chandler feigned foolishness for ten years. Crown Prince Adrian Sterling pushed her into the Fateful Dry Well. Surviving, she learned the dry well was her mother's survival path. She infiltrated the Shadow Pavilion, gathered subordinates, collected evidence, brought down the Crown Prince, uncovered the truth of the Deposed Empress's wrongful case, and ascended the imperial throne.