The Mainland is in tatters. The royal legion has sailed into a misguided war against Stormguard and is not likely to return. The Blue Runa has seized control of Ulmoc, infecting the land itself and hunting humans to the brink of extinction. And it is all because of one young man. The name that is on the lips of every human survivor and noctur soldier alike. Alarik Lyall. In the year since he was tricked into assassinating the royal family, Alarik has been missing and rumors of his death permeate the last pockets of humanity. Luckily, there are those who suspect a difference between rumor and reality. His friends, hidden and scattered throughout the ravaged land, will stop at nothing to preserve humanity and restore the world that Alarik unwittingly destroyed.