This twelfth installment in the series is all about The Unseen Empire and the class [Witch]. As a reminder, Laken is the blind Earther [Emperor], who named his girlfriend Durene as his [Paladin] and the [Witch] Wiskeria as his [General]. After getting their asses kicked by the goblins and [Chieftain] Rags, Laken added his newly built trebuchets to the human army pursuing the goblin [Lord] before realizing that he and the goblins were being used to conquer the city of Liscor. So he rounded up the surviving goblins and headed home. In the meantime, Durene has finally recovered from her terrible injuries, but she's still afflicted by terrible self doubts and confusion. Wiskeria feels that she has always been a poor [Witch], and is an even worse [General], despite the fact that their defeat was largely due to a well timed betrayal. Now the [Witches] are forming a special coven to meet with Laken and ask for his protection against the [Hunters] that are killing them. Seven of the most powerful and unique [Witches] have come to join Wiskeria, including the oldest, most powerful, and notorious of all, Wiskeria's mother.

Liscor has faced monstrous moths, cannibalistic gnolls, and an undead horde, but now they face a bigger threat, a greedy human lord armed with a goblin army and Earth inspired catapults. The death of Zev Shivertail ended Lady Magnolia's attempt to stop the Goblin Lord and has left the way clear for Lord Tyrel's great plan. If he's successful, it will mean the end of both the Goblin Lord and the city of Liscor which will mean war between humans and drakes and cement his political superiority among the humans of Izril. This is the most exciting installment of The Wandering Inn and the continent of Izril will never be the same.

Although this edition of The Wandering Inn does check in with Erin and friends, most of the story focuses on some of the other Earthlings we've only had brief glimpses of before. Geneva was a third year medical student when she got ported to Baleros and took a job with one of the many mercenary companies. Physicians are almost unheard of in this world, since potions can heal almost anything, but when the company lost its potions Geneva was the only hope the wounded had and so they called her The Last Light. The Blind Emperor Laken has been quietly living his life as Doreen's boyfriend but an avalanche forced him to claim the village to save people so the word is out. There are also a pair of twins caught up in the court of The King of Destruction as well as a group of twenty stuck on the frontlines of a demonic horde.

There's a lot happening in this installment of The Wandering Inn. A blind [Emperor] is forced to embrace his new class, Rags faces big decisions as Chieftain, and Erin adopts an orphaned Gnoll as well as five hobgoblins. Absolutely no one but Erin is happy about five hobgoblins in proximity to Liscor, including the hobs themselves. Pawn has an existential crisis, discovers religion and becomes an [Acolyte] but there's a very good reason that [Priests] no longer exist. There's never a dull moment in Liscor and with adventurers blundering around in its dungeon things are about to get more exciting than the residents would like!

Everyone is talking about war. A [Goblin Lord] has arisen to the south of Liscor and Flos, The King of Destruction, is gearing up to reconquer his empire. The city of Liscor feels safe enough from the goblins behind their walls, but racial tensions are at an all time high thanks to the actions of Erin and Ryoka. Erin rescued a human girl who was exiled for not only stealing from the market but assaulting Kershia and burning down her shop. Ryoka saved a gnoll child who's tribe was wiped out by the goblins, but the cub is now seen as a doombringer by her people. Even the minions of Az'Kerash are on the move as they search for Ryoka to ensure she can't reveal that the [Necromancer] is still alive and the location of his lair. Since the Antinium "discovery" of a dungeon entrance near the city everyone with [Danger Sense] on the continent feels a sense of foreboding, but at least the adventurers are hoping for lots of new treasure.

Liscor is recovering from the overwhelming assault by the undead and the dungeon boss called Skinner. The city blames the four silver-ranked adventuring teams who went into the crypt for stirring up the undead, but only Yvlon survived and she's catatonic from what she saw. The citizens can hardly grasp that it was a combination of a crazy human innkeeper, Antinium workers, goblins, and a [skeleton warrior] with levels in [barmaid] that brought Skinner down. None of that group feels the same afterwards, except maybe Erin who isn't really a deep thinker. Torvand the skeleton is depressed because he and his crappy sword weren't more effective. The goblin Rags, who started out as a [scavenger] and then added [tactician] by learning chess from Erin, did finally gain [warrior] for dealing the killing blow to Skinner, but she's still a very small goblin with no real power to improve things for her tribe. And Erin is depressed because most of the Antinium defending her died, including her friend Klbkch, who was both the Prognugator of his hive and a guardsman of Liscor.

Erin Solstice walks into her bathroom one night and she's suddenly in a cave dodging dragon fire. Quickly followed by running from little green people, who can only be goblins, until she finds an abandoned inn to hide in. Erin's not the only one who suddenly finds themselves alone in a world populated by several intelligent races, lots of monsters, dungeons, and where people have classes and skills. Erin, for instance, promptly becomes an [Innkeeper]. The storylines mostly center on the old inn that Erin dubs The Wandering Inn and the nearby city of Liscor that is about to have a very exciting, strange, and sometimes horrifying year. The discovery of a new dungeon draws several groups of silver-ranked adventurers to Liscor in search of artifacts and treasure. A young goblin discovers that not all humans are the enemy, the insectoid Antinium discovers that playing chess with Erin allows them to develop individuality, and a homeless [Mage] turns out to be a brilliant [Necromancer]. Welcome to the soap opera that is The Wandering Inn.