Chapter I

"They pour through the pages | Of bygone ages | And in barrows where are lying | The dead, they are prying."

In the fifteen century of the second age, the Vanir hold dominion over the fairest part of the world and the most civilized portion of mankind. The frontiers of their holy empire are guarded by ancient magic and disciplined valor. But the reign of the Vanir is coming to an end. In the east dark clouds gather and in their midst old foes are stirring anew.

On the pastoral island of Iordo, a strange wanderer entrusts a young Cimber with a seemingly innocuous task that will take her on a perilous journey across the known world to the dark lands of the east where the black sun of the third age is rising.