War has come to Minkai! As resistance rises against the Jade Regent'styranny, the heroes must escort their friend Ameiko to one final site --the Imperial Shrine on a hidden island in the capital's harbor. Here, they mustseek the blessing of Minkai's dead emperors if they hope to have a chance toliberate the nation, but even here the Five Storms and the Jade Regent havetheir influence, and hungry demons and ravenous ghosts must be defeated beforethe ancestor spirits of the empire will give their blessings! The Empty Throne is a Pathfinder Roleplaying Game adventurefor 14th-level characters. This volume concludes the Jade Regent AdventurePath, a sweeping quest that takes the heroes from familiar territory inVarisia all the way across the ice fields of the Crown of the World to distantTian Xia, the land of the Dragon Empires.