Kode, a young monk-in-training, is sent by his father into accursed lands still bearing the ghastly scars from atrocities of yore. This is his penultimate test. Left at the mercy of dubious allies and horrific apparitions lurking within the smothering mists, there is no room for doubt. There is no room for weakness. Guidance awaits at the end of a wretched, gnarled, road only trespassed by the brave or exceptionally foolish.