Strong-willed Ershann is determined to restore her family name after her twin brother Mykaal rejects his faith and renounces the Gods, but she is assaulted by demonic beings when walking to her ascendance ceremony and finds herself soul-bound to a deity she is staunchly opposed to and questioning the same faith her brother rejected, leading her to the realization that the Gods are hiding a dark and deadly secret that threatens the very existence of everything she knows and loves.