D has crossed over the southern border, into the domain of the cruelest and most evil of the royalty, General Gaskell. On the way, he picks up a "victim" &mdash; one of few survivors in the villages-and makes way with her and the Deliverers. Along the way, he is attacked by the Drowned, and fights many more unspeakably horrible enemies. All of this suggests that Gaskell &mdash; who was supposed to have been put to death under the light of the sun &mdash; is still very much alive. But why?<br><br>* Features twelve black-and-white line illustrations by Yoshitaka Amano.