Throughout his life, the young paladin Menden served the six realms and his order with unwavering devotion, but despite his loyalty, he is one day accused of a heinous crime. On the run, desperate and hunted by his former brothers in arms, he decides to enter into an inscrutable pact with the powers of darkness. As the lines between friend and foe blur ever more, Menden becomes embroiled in an impending war between orcs, dwarves, and beastmen. He is still unaware of the dark will that truly lies behind the unfolding events, which threaten to shake all of Thersia to its very foundations. A warrior of light, lost in the shadows. A world on the brink. The time of darkness is at hand.