A powerful young king, a rebellion, and a war. King Tynan, the ruler of the land of Faine is a merciless man, he was raised to rule and knows no other life. His power of darkness and ability to harness shadows makes many of his subjects and other noblemen fear him, and Tynan uses this fear to his advantage, controlling his kingdom with an iron fist. Liorah, a young peasant woman working in the farms growing food for the king, works tirelessly to provide for him and his court only to watch while her own family starves unable to earn enough gold to afford to feed them. Liorah decides after her young sister Elaina dies that she needed to do something. She needed to kill the king.