Three months have passed since violent forces tore down the sprawling, wealthy city of Tharamant. At its center, they established a base camp and erected a towering, screeching facility. Rumors among the survivors say that the invaders force captured citizens to work there, building weapons in preparation to conquer the rest of the continent.
As many other survivors, a young Tharamantian with the name Vherendie found shelter in an abandoned steelwork in the outskirts of the city. She and her friends are preparing to leave the doomed city behind when a mysterious stranger asks for their help. Nesfalador, as the old man is called, claims to have found a way to end the occupation and liberate the poor souls enslaved by the invaders. His true intentions, however, are far more sinister than she wants to imagine...
