The two neighboring tribes, the Teszes and the Rejyen, have formed an uneasy peace over the years. even though raids, spying, torture and murder are still ongoing, there have been no outright battles- at least not yet. Thanatos, a junior Commander from the Rejyen side, is captured by her Tesze counterpart, tortured for information, and barely escapes. Swearing to exact revenge on her captor, she still struggles to get over the scars her previous ordeal left her with. She knows she can only be herself again when she has killed him.