From the introduction: The Scarlet Triad is using the Cinderclaws as pawns in its own sinister plot to utilize Dahak’s trapped manifestation. Their leader, Uri Zandivar, knows full well of Mengkare’s history with the Orb of Gold Dragonkind. Over the past several years, the Scarlet Triad has been secretly gathering up every shard of the destroyed artifact they can find in the hope of rebuilding it—or at least a lesser version of it—so they can turn the tables on Mengkare and control the dragon. But repairing an artifact is no easy task.