After spending years wandering in exile, Zer Khaldun settled in the idyllic town of Nodkis to live out his days. When his apothecary shop is destroyed by the invading orc hordes, he is faced with the difficult truth that he has lost his way and become complacent. Once, he was driven to herald the Apocalypse. Now, he makes medicine for farmers. His ambitions reignited, he sets out on his ominous path once again and ends up with a ragtag band of adventurers who are tasked with chaperoning a fledgling cleric on a holy quest. Zer Khaldun is caught up in a struggle between nations and gods that dredges up his own dark past and sets in to motion sinister plans fueled by corrupt magic.