Lorio, the aimless wanderer and heroine of the age of myth and legend, and Karosyn Nierosean, the benevolent Queen of Emercia...both immortal, these two extraordinary woman are driven toward diametrically opposite aspirations. Perpetually haunted by the restless ghosts of her turbulent and often tragic past, Lorio seeks only quiet tranquility and freedom from the onerous notoriety that her role in history has imposed upon her. Regarded as the greatest sovereign of the age, the serene Karosyn seeks to raise Emercia to the pinnacle of enlightenment, a compassionate beacon in a world ruled by flashing steel and a heavy fist. Linked by a shared and often turbulent history, Lorio and Karosyn find themselves mired in the shadow of a past mutual failure that would see their ambitions, both humble and momentous, ground to dust beneath the boot of a mad theology that has arisen from the sands of Majeer. Reluctantly, the pair come together to confront a darkness that has returned to consume them both.