For generations the prophets have foreseen the birth of the Shadow Seer, an oracle of dark visions and fallen kingdoms.

In the time of the Sorron's rule as King of Carnia, the legend and warnings are known only to a handful of scholars. When the king's grandson falls deathly ill, the Seer's legends are brought to light once again by Prince Candale's saviour, a witch named Mayrila. She not only believes Candale to be the fulfillment of long-forgotten prophecies but the Shadow Seer himself...