It is. The descent of the Kingdom is because of one of the now Greater Dead. He had been the Queen's son but he betrayed his family, his people in the search for power. He's been fighting the Charter, and the Abhorsens for over two centuries and his army grows with every person in the Old Kingdom that dies by his hand.

When I return I will find him and bind him.

[It's not a goal said with rage or overemotional vehemence but a quiet truth. It was fact to Sabriel because Nomi Sunrider, through Luke Skywalker had seen it in her future. She would defeat this evil.]

All I need to figure out is how.