The monster hordes were relentless, driving the Western Realms into the sea, or into conflict with those in the East. War sweeps the Islands, bringing destruction and deprivation.
But in the tales of battles and cities destroyed, a single thread keeps weaving in and out...rumors from the West. A peasant, they say. No, a noble in disguise, claim others. They say he fights alone, or with a small, trusted band, or with an army of hundreds. He is in the Stronghold of Darfix; no, he is assaulting the Volcano itself.
Only one thing is consistently told - where once there was nothing but small pockets of humanity desperately clinging to the lands, now there is a leader fighting back against the hordes...
