On a rainy night in the port-city of Thaern, a group of adventurers are called together. An eccentric benefactor has summoned them to step beyond the political machinations of the realms and the power games of influential factions. in time, they learn that their employer is none other than the last Sorcerer-King, working through agents such as themselves to protect the lands of Aurvandor from the strange ravages of a bygone age.