An Act of Love

After an injection of a love serum, Varian dreams of a woman then meets and marries her but he is unaware that after the service he is to be sacrificed by his wife's people to appease their God. The rest of the group goes on ahead. Only because Scott returns to give Varian a present this is found out and he rushes back to get the others. But during the sacrificing ceremony Varian's new wife Jumps into the fiery pit in his place devastated by the loss Varian uses his mental powers to destroy the temple so no more sacrifices can be performed the others arrive and pull him and the rest of the people out of the temple before it all crashes down around them

Nos voyageurs campent près d'un volcan. Eveillé par de la musique, Varian se laisse guider et se trouve en présence de la belle Gwenith, dont il tombe amoureux. Varian souhaite l'épouser. La grande prêtresse Maera et le poète Zaros se chargent de l'organisation des cérémonies d'usage.

Varian, bajo la influencia de una droga amorosa, conoce a una mujer llamada Gwenith, que es parte de una comunidad religiosa en una zona geológicamente inestable. Cuando los demás llegan allí, Varian les revela que está a punto de casarse. Pronto descubren que la comunidad adora fanáticamente a un dios volcánico llamado Vatticus, que exige sacrificios humanos.

Seine Hochzeit mit einer Frau, die ihm zuvor in seinen Träumen erschienen ist, hat für Varian unerwartete Folgen.