At the beginning of the story Conner had went to pick the Sage, Tobias, Roden and Latimer up at an orphanage in the middle of nowhere. Then the setting moved through the desert until they eventually got to Conner's house and he brought the three boys that were left to learn how to act like the Prince. After Sage was chosen to be the prince, Conner, Mott, Cregan and the three boys, went to the kingdom of Carthya and met with all of the regents at the castle to convince them Sage was Prince Jaron.