Following the great conflict of the War of the Ancients, the world has reached relative peace through the victory of the Radiant forces of humanity and elvenkind under the reign of the Great King Lorius. However, the people are openly oppressed against the half-human, half-elven people, who committed countless atrocities when they fought alongside the twisted legions of the Dire, bound by a dark pact that promised them power beyond limits. Thus, much of the halfling population fled south after the defeat of the Dire Ancient, if only to avoid the prejudice and racism from their former enemies.
Enter the life of Alleria Windrunner, an elven orphan left without parents as a result of the war. Raised in a small village community by the forest, she quickly learned to hunt, track and fend for herself. However, when a mysterious halfling warrior inexplicably becomes entangled within her life, she is torn between her natural instincts of suspicion and aiding the man in his search for acceptance. There is more to the stranger than what first meets the eye, and he too, hides a dark and terrible past. Can he right the wrong of his people and bring honour to his name?