Both she and Caliphim were advancing in years and wished desperately for a child. Finally, their wish was granted in the form of their only child. However, they lacked for a son and had no suitable candidates for a proper husband for their child. Both traits proved their downfall, as Vizier Abdul Alhazred used these desires to insinuate himself in the court. Caliphim and Allaria trusted him implicitly, and were unaware with his involvement with the Black Cloak, and his collaboration with Mordack to be rid of Cassima so he could have the throne. During Cassima's captivity, Alhazred slipped into the King and Queen's bedchamber and stabbed them to death. Their murders unavenged and their daughter unprotected, their spirits were trapped on the surface of the Land of the Dead, unable to move fo