Azerick has had enough of death and wants nothing more than a home and to train his young apprentice, but death is far from finished with him. An enemy he had hoped to have left behind sets out to destroy him by sending an assassin of uncanny ability and unspeakable evil to avenge the death of his son. A shadow war rages across the kingdom, and it is only a matter of time before Azerick is dragged into it and is forced to put an end to Duke Ulric's schemes once and for all.