When he is sent to find and capture the only living sorcerer in the world, Marcus of Kildwin quickly finds his quest to be more perilous than he ever could have imagined. In pursuit of one of the strongest men alive, the knight finds himself battling a sadistic killer with ties to his past, braving the dangers of a massive city thought lost to time and surviving a shadowy world of darkness. A place where an ancient god-like threat lurks, a beast as old as time which nearly brought the world to ruin once before. Meanwhile, warriors and lords alike are forced to embark on their own quests which will take them to some of the darkest corners of the world. Some will seek answers in a house of the damned. Others will undertake a grueling trek north into the snowy lands of the exiles in search of aid. One group will attempt a daring escape from captivity. Another will fight for survival within a city slowly sinking beneath the ocean waves. Far to the south, some will fight for the future of a land under siege by an infamous lord and his sadistic army. All while the looming threat of darkness grows. A war is coming. One which will see the oldest and most powerful beast to ever plague their world freed from his shadowy prison. If the world of man is not ready for the rise of the ancient evil, the darkness will raze the world, leaving nothing but destruction in its wake.