9 years after the end of the Necromantic War - otherwise known as the Hundred-Year War - the realms are still recovering. The powerful mages of the allied front hold the line against the demonic forces of Naraka, though the undead hordes led by the Pyromancer: Xan is firmly put behind them... Kito Tiko was known throughout the Front as a hero thanks to his defeat of Xan towards the end of the war, and his choice to settle down afterwards was warmly received by his peers and former leaders with no argument. However, a storm begins to brew. Forces amass, seeking to destroy Kito and everything he loves, and when his father mysteriously disappears, he is forced back into a dark world of bloodshed and violence. Forced back into the warfare he thought long behind him, to face demons both old and new - within and without...