Following up on a lead on the Queen's daughter's whereabouts, the group have arrived in a small valley. When she goes to look for her contact (cue puzzle), Shara finds out that he's been dead for some time. However, she catches a glimpse of the princess of the valley, a girl who might be the elusive heir! She resolves to sneak into the palace to meet her (cue puzzle). When she finds the princess, who is not, in fact, the missing heir, it turns out that she's a prisoner, a figurehead for the real ruler; an evil vizier. At this moment, Shara is captured by the vizier's guards. It turns out that the vizier has made a deal with Psybele, the assassin. He'll kill the princess, and make Shara his new puppet! (Oh no!) Now Shara must escape (with the help of Lon, who snuck after her into the palace), free the princess, and overthrow the evil vizier, using D'wain's outlaw tactics (puzzle, puzzle, puzzle). When they succeed, the princess, who will from now on rule in reality as well as in name, offers to help them on their quest by providing them with useful resources and a good lead on the heir they're looking for. In an epilogue, we see that the vizier (who fled when his defeat seemed certain) is joined in his escape by Psybele. She kills him for his failure to deliver on their deal... and because she's badass.

When their ship (or whatever they travel in) break down in a hicksville town, the gang quarrel over who's at fault. Since they're no longer talking to each other, Shara is on her own in looking for the parts needed to make their ship run (cue puzzle), while also trying to find ways to make up with her friends (cue puzzle). Meanwhile, in a series of cutscenes (Monkey Island-style) we see Psybele waiting for them in the city they were supposed to be heading for, and becoming involved in a complicated and ultimately humiliating series of events (cue comic relief).