Prior to the events that would eventually lead to the Skyrim Civil War, Ulfric Stormcloak is already at odds with the Imperial rule, and thus with the High King Torygg. He has raised his own personal army, the Stormcloaks, and many fear what he will try to do next. Janus Castorius-a self-serving voluptuary and an imperial soldier of dubious loyalties-not entirely without a fault of his own gets pulled into a game of subterfuge between the two factions, and subsequently also finds himself tangled in a plot of underworld miscreants seeking to profit from the uncertain political atmosphere. And all he ever wanted was a good meal and a warm bed!